Middle East

Netherlands, Sweden Push for Sanctions Against Israeli Ministers

Israeli soldiers in the West Bank on June 11.Photographer: Zain Jaafar/AFP/Getty Images

Sweden and the Netherlands are pressing the European Union to sanction members of the Israeli cabinet over the war in Gaza, joining several other nations in the region whose stance on Israel has hardened in recent weeks.

Swedish and Dutch officials invoked measures against hard-line figures in the Israeli government at a recent meeting of top European diplomats, according to people familiar with the matter who were granted anonymity to discuss sensitive information.