Slovenia has become the first EU country to impose a travel ban on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, effective Thursday. Earlier, it declared ministers Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich “undesirable” and imposed an arms embargo on Israel. Slovenia recognizes Palestine as an independent state and condemns Israeli attacks in Gaza, which President Nataša Pirc Musar has called “genocide.” Since October 2023, nearly 65,000 Palestinians have died, with ICC and ICJ pursuing war crimes and genocide cases against Israel.