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
Date: 2026-05-28
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, economic sanctions, human rights, international sanctions, legal person, natural person








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            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.


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
            





(1)  
            OJ L 410 I, 7.12.2020, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2020/1998/oj.




ANNEX
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 Latin script)


Names


Identifying information


Reasons for listing


Date of listing




‘136.


Daniella WEISS


דניאלה וייס
(Hebrew spelling)


DOB: 30.8.1945
POB: Benee Brak, Mandatory Palestine (now Israel)
Nationality: Israeli
Gender: female


Daniella Weiss is the Director of the Nachala Movement (“Nachala”). Nachala has the aim of promoting Jewish settlements and illegal outposts in the West Bank. Through its activities, Nachala plays an instrumental role in facilitating and encouraging coercive acts that lead to the forced 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 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.


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Meir DEUTSCH


מאיר דויטש
(Hebrew spelling)


Nationality: Israeli
Gender: male


Meir Deutsch is the director general of Regavim, which is an Israeli NGO with an active pro-Israeli settler and settlement expansion agenda in the 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.


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Avichai SUISSA


אביחי סויסה
(Hebrew spelling)


DOB: 1.7.1986
Nationality: Israeli
Gender: male
ID: 038172441


Avichai Suissa is the CEO of Hashomer Yosh, which is an Israeli NGO that provides material support and coordinates volunteers for farm work on herding farms, supporting at least 28 violent outposts and settlements in the West Bank by recruiting armed volunteers and providing guards involved in violent attacks.
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.


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(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 Latin script)


Names


Identifying information


Reasons for listing


Date of listing




‘38.


Amana
a.k.a. Amana – Cooperative Society for Community Settlement Ltd


אמנה
(Hebrew spelling)


Address: Clermont-Ganneau St. 13, Jerusalem
Website: https://amana.co.il/

Date of registration: 18.2.1979
Registration number: 570025742


Amana is the cooperative development company and settlement movement of the movement Gush Emunim. Since its creation, it has played a key role in initiating, financing and facilitating at least 30 violent outposts and settlements, including outposts founded by individuals listed by the European Union (Yinon Levi, founder of the Mitarim Farm Outpost; Moshe Sharvit, founder of the Tirza Valley Farm Outpost / 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.


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39.


Nachala Movement


נחלה
(Hebrew spelling)


Address: West Bank, occupied Palestinian territories
Website: https://www.nachalaisrael.org/



The Nachala Movement (“Nachala”) has the aim of promoting Jewish settlements and illegal outposts in the West Bank. Through its activities, the movement plays an instrumental role in facilitating and encouraging coercive acts that lead to the forced 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 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.


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40.


Regavim
a.k.a. Regavim Movement


רגבים
(Hebrew spelling)


Address: Rehovot, Mo’din, Jerusalem, Haifa, Maale Adumin, Ariel, Tel Aviv District, Efrat, Bersheeba
Website: https://www.regavim.org/

Place of registration: Sha’ar Binyamin
PO BOX 44439, Jerusalem, Israel, 9144302


Regavim is an Israeli NGO with an active pro-Israeli settler and settlement expansion agenda in the 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.
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, 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.


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41.


Hashomer Yosh
a.k.a. Guardians of Judea and Samaria, Guardians of Yehuda and the Shomron, Hashomer Judea and Samaria, Hashomer Yehudah V’Shomron


השומר יו״ש
(Hebrew spelling)


Address: Esh Kodesh 2, Shilo, 4483000
West Bank, occupied Palestinian territories
Website: https://hashomeryosh.org/home-en/

Date of registration: 18.6.2013
Registration number: 580575629


Hashomer Yosh is an Israeli NGO that provides material support and coordinates volunteers for farm work on herding farms, supporting at least 28 violent outposts and settlements in the West Bank by recruiting armed volunteers and providing guards involved in violent attacks. 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, 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.


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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/1177/oj
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