The High Representative of the European Union (EU) Josep Borelj will ask the member states of the Union to introduce sanctions against the Israeli ministers who are guilty, as he said, of spreading "hatred" towards the Palestinians.
He said he had "initiated a process to ask member states, if they wish," to impose sanctions against ministers he did not name.
As he stated, those ministers presented "unacceptable messages of hatred towards the Palestinians".
"I don't think the EU should have taboos," Borelj told reporters before the informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Diplomatic sources said that Borelj's proposal refers to Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, from the ranks of the extreme right, France Press reports.
Among other things, Smotrich previously said that "perhaps it is just and moral" to allow the starvation of two dear people in Gaza until Hamas returns the Israeli hostages.
However, this proposal has little chance of being adopted because the divisions among the twenty-seven countries have been large since the Palestinian Hamas attack on Israel on October 7 last year, the agency adds.
Several countries, including Hungary, Austria and the Czech Republic, have defended Israel's right to defend itself and blocked tough measures against the Israeli authorities.
Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Peter Szijarto assessed Borelj's proposal as "dangerous".
The head of German diplomacy, Analena Berbock, was not inclined to the idea of sanctions, reminding that it requires unanimous support.
European sanctions would provide for a ban on travel to the territory of the EU and confiscation of property that persons who would be subject to sanctions have in the Union.
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