Despite recent EU sanctions on violent Israeli settlers, internal EU divisions and European demand for Israeli defense systems make broader coordinated measures against Israel unlikely, though more assertive Israeli policies in the Palestinian territories could trigger unilateral restrictions and public backlash against linked companies. On May 11, the European Union agreed to sanction three violent Israeli settlers who have attacked Palestinians in the West Bank and four settler organizations, after Hungary — under a new pro-EU government — dropped its veto. The sanctions include travel bans, the freezing of assets held in the European Union and a prohibition on the sanctioned entities conducting business in the bloc. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said in a May 11 X post that "Extremism and violence carry consequences," sentiments echoed by other senior European officials.