December 11, 2023
France, Germany and Italy support EU sanctions on Hamas
BRUSSELS: France, Germany and Italy called on the European Union to create a special sanctions program to target Hamas as EU foreign ministers met on Monday to consider possible next steps in response to the Middle East crisis. Among the possible measures to be discussed at the meeting are a crackdown on Hamas finances and travel bans on Israeli settlers responsible for violence in the West Bank. In a letter to EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, the foreign ministers of the bloc’s three largest countries said it was important that the EU take “all necessary measures against the terrorist


