Today the Council approved additional restrictive measures against five persons and three entities under the European Union’s Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime. The listed individuals and entities are responsible for serious and systematic human rights abuses against Palestinians in the West Bank, including abuse of the right of everyone to enjoy the highest attainable standard of physical and mental integrity, the right to property, the right to private and family life, to freedom of religion or belief and the right to education.

Today’s listings include Israeli settler Moshe Sharvit and his ‘Moshe’s Farm’ in the Jordan Valley. From his farm, Moshe Sharvit engaged in settler violence and threats towards Palestinian residents in shepherding communities close to his outpost in the West Bank. His physical and verbal harassment against these communities has escalated since October 2023.

The Council also listed Zvi Bar Yosef and his unauthorised outpost known as ‘Zvi’s Farm’ in the West Bank. Zvi Bar Yosef has repeatedly attacked and committed acts of violence against Palestinians from the villages of Jibya, Kaubar (Kobar), and Umm Safa, causing severe injuries to some of them.

Today’s designations also include Tzav 9, an Israeli group of violent activists founded in January 2024, regularly blocking humanitarian aid trucks delivering food, water and fuel to Gaza. Tzav 9’s actions include violent protests, attacks against food trucks and the destruction of food.

Lastly, Baruch Marzel, openly calling for an ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians, Ben-Zion “Bentzi” Gopstein, founder and leader of the extremist organisation Lehava, and Isaschar Manne, founder of the unauthorised Manne Farm outpost in the South Hebron Hills, were also sanctioned today.

With today’s listings, restrictive measures under the EU’s Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime now apply to 113 natural and legal persons and 31 entities from a range of countries.

Those listed under the sanctions regime are subject to an asset freeze, and the provision of funds or economic resources, directly or indirectly, to them or for their benefit, is prohibited. Additionally, a travel ban to the EU applies to the natural persons listed.