The 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, According to an article in two senior Biden administration officials. Concerns over Settler Violence and Israeli ResponseUnited Nations figures show that daily settler attacks have more than doubled in the nearly four months since the Hamas attack and Israel’s ensuing assault on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. Biden and other senior U.S. officials have warned repeatedly that Israel must act to stop violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank. - Advertisement -Israeli Finance Minister’s Defiant ResponseIsraeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, head of the far-right pro-settlement party Religious Zionism, was defiant in a statement on the Biden order, calling the ‘settler violence’ campaign an antisemitic lie. Source Credit

Source: Indian Express February 02, 2024 20:36 UTC