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Date: 2026-05-28 Category: Not Applicable State: Union Government Country: Europe

Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1177 of 28 May 2026 implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1998 concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses

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**Executive Summary** Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1177, adopted on 28 May 2026, expands the list of natural and legal persons subject to restrictive measures under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime. The regulation targets three individuals and four entities involved in human rights abuses and settler violence against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and Gaza. These measures entered into force on the date of their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. **Key Points / Main Content** **Legal Amendments and Scope** * **Regulatory Framework:** The document amends Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2020/1998 concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations. * **Policy Context:** The update follows European Council conclusions from 19 March 2026, which condemned settler violence and called for further restrictive measures against extremist settlers and their supporting organizations. * **Direct Application:** The regulation is binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all EU Member States. **Designated Natural Persons** * **Daniella Weiss:** Director of the Nachala Movement; cited for planning and supporting acts leading to forced displacement and the violation of Palestinian property and family rights. * **Meir Deutsch:** Director General of Regavim; cited for lobbying for the demolition of Palestinian property and schools, including an EU-funded primary school in May 2023. * **Avichai Suissa:** CEO of Hashomer Yosh; cited for coordinating volunteers and recruiting armed guards to support violent outposts and settlements. **Designated Entities** * **Amana (Cooperative Society for Community Settlement Ltd):** Cited for initiating, financing, and facilitating at least 30 violent outposts and settlements involved in the displacement of Palestinian communities. * **Nachala Movement:** Cited for promoting illegal settlements, obstructing access to Palestinian agricultural land, and leading efforts to resettle the Gaza Strip. * **Regavim:** An NGO cited for instituting legal proceedings and lobbying for the destruction of Palestinian homes and property to expand Israeli control. * **Hashomer Yosh:** Cited for providing material support, coordinating volunteers for herding farms, and supporting at least 28 violent outposts in the West Bank. **Impact Analysis** **Listed Natural Persons (Daniella Weiss, Meir Deutsch, Avichai Suissa)** **Impact** These individuals are now subject to the restrictive measures defined in the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime, typically including asset freezes and travel restrictions within the European Union. **Action Required** The individuals must comply with the legal consequences of the listing and may exercise rights to challenge the decision before the relevant EU judicial bodies. **Listed Entities (Amana, Nachala Movement, Regavim, Hashomer Yosh)** **Impact** All funds and economic resources belonging to, owned, held, or controlled by these entities within the EU are frozen. No funds or economic resources may be made available to them by EU persons or entities. **Action Required** These organizations must cease any financial or economic activities involving EU-based assets or personnel. **EU Member States and Competent Authorities** **Impact** Member States are responsible for the direct application and enforcement of these restrictive measures within their jurisdictions. **Action Required** Authorities must ensure that financial institutions and other relevant bodies identify and freeze assets belonging to the listed persons and entities and monitor compliance with the prohibitions.

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Regulation (EU) 2020/1998: The primary legal framework establishing restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses worldwide, which this regulation amends. Council of the European Union: The legislative body responsible for adopting restrictive measures and updating the list of natural and legal persons subject to sanctions. EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime: The overarching initiative designed to enhance the Union’s role in addressing serious human rights violations through targeted global sanctions. West Bank and Gaza Strip: The specific geographical locations where the human rights abuses and settler violence occurred, defining the scope of these additional restrictive measures.
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Official Journal EN of the European Union L series 2026/1177 28.5.2026 COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2026/1177 of 28 May 2026 implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1998 concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1998 of 7 December 2020 concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses(1), and in particular Article 14(1) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Whereas: (1) On 7 December 2020, the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2020/1998. (2) On 8 December 2020, by way of the Declaration by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, on behalf of the European Union, regarding the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime, the Union and its Member States reaffirmed their strong commitment to the promotion and protection of human rights around the world. The EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime underscores the Union’s determination to enhance its role in addressing serious human rights violations and abuses worldwide. Achieving the effective enjoyment of human rights by everyone is a strategic goal of the Union. Respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and human rights is a fundamental value of the Union and its common foreign and security policy. (3) In its conclusions of 19 March 2026, the European Council strongly condemned the continued and growing settler violence against Palestinian civilians and again reiterated its call on the Council to take work forward on further restrictive measures against extremist settlers and against entities and organisations that support them. (4) In that context, three persons and four entities should be included in the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2020/1998. (5) Regulation (EU) 2020/1998 should therefore be amended accordingly, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2020/1998 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation. (1) OJ L 410 I, 7.12.2020, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2020/1998/oj. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/1177/oj 1/9EN OJ L, 28.5.2026 Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 28 May 2026. For the Council The President M. DAMIANOS 2/9 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/1177/ojANNEX Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2020/1998 is amended as follows: (1) the following entries are added to the list of natural or legal persons, entities or bodies under the heading ‘A. Natural persons’: Names (Transliteration into Names Identifying information Reasons for listing Date of listing Latin script) ‘136. Daniella WEISS סייו הלאינד DOB: 30.8.1945 Daniella Weiss is the Director of the Nachala Movement (“Nachala”). 28.5.2026 Nachala has the aim of promoting Jewish settlements and illegal outposts (Hebrew spelling) POB: Benee Brak, Mandatory in the West Bank. Through its activities, Nachala plays an instrumental Palestine (now Israel) role in facilitating and encouraging coercive acts that lead to the forced Nationality: Israeli displacement of Palestinians and violate their right to property, their right to private and family life and their right to self-determination, as well as Gender: female the right to life and to physical integrity. Nachala’s outposts, such as Evyatar, Maoz Esther, Oz Zion, Ramat Migron, Nachalat Zvi and Haeitam Farm, have been persistent sources of settler violence. Several Nachala outposts, including Yahish Zion, Maoz Esther, Oz Zion and Ramat Migron, were built on privately owned Palestinian land. All of Nachala’s outposts obstruct access to Palestinian agricultural and grazing land. Furthermore, after 7 October 2023, Nachala has been at the forefront of efforts to resettle the Gaza Strip. In her capacity as Director, Daniella Weiss plans, directs and publicly supports the acts of Nachala. Therefore, she is responsible for facilitating and encouraging human rights abuses in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, including violations or abuses of the right of Palestinians to self-determination, their right to property, their right to private and family life, as well as the right to life and to physical integrity, which are of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. In her capacity as Director, Daniella Weiss is associated with Nachala. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/1177/oj 3/9 OJ L, 28.5.2026 ENNames (Transliteration into Names Identifying information Reasons for listing Date of listing Latin script) 137. Meir DEUTSCH שטיוד ריאמ Nationality: Israeli Meir Deutsch is the director general of Regavim, which is an Israeli NGO 28.5.2026 with an active pro-Israeli settler and settlement expansion agenda in the (Hebrew spelling) Gender: male West Bank. Regavim institutes legal proceedings and lobbies for the demolition of Palestinian property with the aim of expanding the control of Israel to the whole West Bank. Through its activities, Regavim plays an instrumental role in facilitating and encouraging coercive acts that aim to destroy Palestinian property and demolish Palestinian homes, leading to forced displacement of Palestinians and violations of their right to property, their right to private and family life and their right to self-determination, as well as the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. Regavim is responsible for multiple court proceedings, and lobbied, for the demolition of a Palestinian primary school, funded by the European Union, at the Jabbet al Dhib village, near Bethlehem, in the West Bank in May 2023. Therefore, in his role as director general of Regavim, Meir Deutsch is responsible for facilitating and encouraging human rights abuses in the West Bank, including abuses of the right to property, the right to private and family life and the right to education of Palestinians, as well as the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, which are of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. 4/9 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/1177/oj EN OJ L, 28.5.2026Names (Transliteration into Names Identifying information Reasons for listing Date of listing Latin script) 138. Avichai SUISSA הסיוס יחיבא DOB: 1.7.1986 Avichai Suissa is the CEO of Hashomer Yosh, which is an Israeli NGO that 28.5.2026’; provides material support and coordinates volunteers for farm work on (Hebrew spelling) Nationality: Israeli herding farms, supporting at least 28 violent outposts and settlements in Gender: male the West Bank by recruiting armed volunteers and providing guards involved in violent attacks. ID: 038172441 In particular, Hashomer Yosh is supporting outposts founded by individuals listed by the European Union: Neria Ben Pazi, founder of the Rimonim Farm Outpost; Zvi Bar Yosef, founder of Zvi’s Farm; Yinon Levi, founder of the Mitarim Farm; and Moshe Sharvit, founder of the Tirza Valley Farm Outpost / Moshe’s Farm. Therefore, Avichai Suissa is responsible for facilitating and encouraging human rights abuses in the West Bank, including abuses of the right to property of Palestinians and their right to self-determination and the right to physical and mental integrity, which are of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/1177/oj 5/9 OJ L, 28.5.2026 EN(2) the following entries are added to the list of natural or legal persons, entities or bodies under the heading ‘B. Legal persons, entities and bodies’: Names (Transliteration into Names Identifying information Reasons for listing Date of listing Latin script) ‘38. Amana הנמא Address: Clermont-Ganneau St. 13, Amana is the cooperative development company and settlement 28.5.2026 Jerusalem movement of the movement Gush Emunim. Since its creation, it has a.k.a. Amana – (Hebrew spelling) played a key role in initiating, financing and facilitating at least 30 violent Cooperative Society for Website: https://amana.co.il/ outposts and settlements, including outposts founded by individuals listed Community Settlement Date of registration: 18.2.1979 by the European Union (Yinon Levi, founder of the Mitarim Farm Ltd Outpost; Moshe Sharvit, founder of the Tirza Valley Farm Outpost / Registration number: 570025742 Moshe’s Farm; and Isaschar Manne, founder of the Manne Farm outpost) in the occupied West Bank. Along with settler violence emanating from them, including against human rights defenders, these outposts led to the widespread displacement of vulnerable Palestinian communities and dispossession of Palestinian properties. Amana’s major involvement in these illegal violent outposts includes facilitating land acquisition, constructing and marketing houses, initiating and preparing settlements masterplans and funding infrastructure. On various occasions, the organisation and its management have clearly stated their objective of dispossessing Palestinian communities. Therefore, Amana is responsible for facilitating and encouraging human rights abuses in the West Bank, including abuses of the right to property of Palestinians and their right to self-determination, which are of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. 6/9 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/1177/oj EN OJ L, 28.5.2026Names (Transliteration into Names Identifying information Reasons for listing Date of listing Latin script) 39. Nachala Movement הלחנ Address: West Bank, occupied The Nachala Movement (“Nachala”) has the aim of promoting Jewish 28.5.2026 Palestinian territories settlements and illegal outposts in the West Bank. Through its activities, (Hebrew spelling) the movement plays an instrumental role in facilitating and encouraging Website: https://www.nachalaisrael. coercive acts that lead to the forced displacement of Palestinians and org/ violate their right to property, their right to private and family life and their right to self-determination, as well as the right to life and to physical integrity. Nachala’s outposts, such as Evyatar, Maoz Esther, Oz Zion, Ramat Migron, Nachalat Zvi and Haeitam Farm, have been persistent sources of settler violence. Several of these Nachala outposts, including Yahish Zion, Maoz Esther, Oz Zion and Ramat Migron, were built on privately owned Palestinian land. All of Nachala’s outposts obstruct access to Palestinian agricultural and grazing land. After 7 October 2023, Nachala has furthermore been at the forefront of efforts to resettle the Gaza Strip. Therefore, Nachala is responsible for facilitating and encouraging human rights abuses in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, including abuses of the right of Palestinians to self-determination, their right to property, their right to private and family life, as well as the right to life and to physical health, which are of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/1177/oj 7/9 OJ L, 28.5.2026 ENNames (Transliteration into Names Identifying information Reasons for listing Date of listing Latin script) 40. Regavim םיבגר Address: Rehovot, Mo’din, Regavim is an Israeli NGO with an active pro-Israeli settler and settlement 28.5.2026 Jerusalem, Haifa, Maale Adumin, expansion agenda in the West Bank. Regavim institutes legal proceedings a.k.a. Regavim (Hebrew spelling) Ariel, Tel Aviv District, Efrat, and lobbies for the demolition of Palestinian property with the aim of Movement Bersheeba expanding the control of Israel to the whole West Bank. Through its activities Regavim plays an instrumental role in facilitating and Website: https://www.regavim.org/ encouraging coercive acts that aim to destroy Palestinian property and Place of registration: Sha’ar demolish Palestinian homes, leading to forced displacement of Binyamin Palestinians. PO BOX 44439, Jerusalem, Israel, Regavim is responsible for multiple court proceedings, and lobbied, for 9144302 the demolition of a Palestinian primary school, funded by the European Union, at the Jabbet al Dhib village, near Bethlehem, in the West Bank in May 2023. Therefore, Regavim is responsible for facilitating and encouraging human rights abuses in the West Bank, including violations of the right to property, the right to private and family life and their right to self-determination, and the right to education of Palestinians, as well as the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental integrity, which are of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. 8/9 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/1177/oj EN OJ L, 28.5.2026Names (Transliteration into Names Identifying information Reasons for listing Date of listing Latin script) 41. Hashomer Yosh ש״וי רמושה Address: Esh Kodesh 2, Shilo, Hashomer Yosh is an Israeli NGO that provides material support and 28.5.2026’ 4483000 coordinates volunteers for farm work on herding farms, supporting at a.k.a. Guardians of Judea (Hebrew spelling) least 28 violent outposts and settlements in the West Bank by recruiting and Samaria, Guardians West Bank, occupied Palestinian armed volunteers and providing guards involved in violent attacks. In of Yehuda and the territories particular, Hashomer Yosh is supporting outposts founded by individuals Shomron, Hashomer Website: https://hashomeryosh.org/ listed by the European Union: Neria Ben Pazi, founder of the Rimonim Judea and Samaria, home-en/ Farm Outpost; Zvi Bar Yosef, founder of Zvi’s Farm; Yinon Levi, founder Hashomer Yehudah of the Mitarim Farm; and Moshe Sharvit, founder of the Tirza Valley Farm V’Shomron Date of registration: 18.6.2013 Outpost / Moshe’s Farm. Registration number: 580575629 Therefore, Hashomer Yosh is responsible for facilitating and encouraging human rights abuses in the West Bank, including abuses of the right to property of Palestinians and their right to self-determination, and the right to physical and mental integrity, which are of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/1177/oj 9/9 OJ L, 28.5.2026 EN

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