from Daily Sabah
The Biden administration issued an executive order against Israeli settlers who have been attacking Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, sources said Thursday.
Biden has spoken out against retaliatory attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks against Israel. The president has pledged that those responsible for the violence will be held accountable.
Biden's order establishes a system for imposing financial sanctions and visa restrictions against individuals who are found to have attacked or intimidated Palestinians or seized their property, two senior Biden administration officials told reporters.
United Nations figures show that daily settler attacks have more than doubled in the nearly four months since the Hamas attack and Israel's relentless attacks on the Gaza Strip.
The order freezes any U.S. assets of those targeted and generally bars Americans from dealing with them. The State Department on Thursday also planned to announce the first four individuals hit by the order, the officials said...
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Aren’t those BenGivers supporters? So, basically, Biden is helping Netanyahu keep his coalition in check?
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