{"id":12459,"date":"2026-06-09T08:56:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T08:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kohelet.org.il\/?post_type=article&#038;p=12459"},"modified":"2026-06-15T09:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T09:11:09","slug":"memo-on-the-eu-sanctions-against-civil-actors-in-judea-and-samaria","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.kohelet.org.il\/en\/article\/memo-on-the-eu-sanctions-against-civil-actors-in-judea-and-samaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Memo on the EU Sanctions Against Civil Actors in Judea and Samaria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>On the legal and evidentiary deficiencies of the European Union\u2019s restrictive measures against Israeli civil society actors in Judea and Samaria<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Between April 2024 and May 2026, the Council has adopted three successive listings under the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime targeting Israeli individuals and entities active in Judea and Samaria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following memo addresses the question of whether the listings comply with the standards the European Court of Justice has, since its <em>Kadi<\/em> ruling, required of every restrictive measure operating<br>as an individual sanction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.kohelet.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sanctions-memorandum-07.06.26.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of sanctions memorandum 07.06.26.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-ac812b59-23a6-4c8a-b976-4582f3bf28f7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kohelet.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sanctions-memorandum-07.06.26.pdf\">sanctions memorandum 07.06.26<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kohelet.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sanctions-memorandum-07.06.26.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-ac812b59-23a6-4c8a-b976-4582f3bf28f7\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On the legal and evidentiary deficiencies of the European Union\u2019s restrictive measures against Israeli civil society actors in Judea and Samaria. 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