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US Imposes Sanctions on Israeli Settlers Over West Bank Violence
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The US Department of State has condemned extremist settler violence in the West Bank, stating that it causes intense human suffering. This condemnation comes as Israel launched a large-scale attack on the West Bank, claiming to have killed nine Palestinian fighters. The US has imposed sanctions on one organization, Hashomer Yosh, and one individual, Yitzhak Levi Filant, for their involvement in intimidating Palestinians and seizing their land. The US Treasury has designated them as "specially designated nationals". The Biden administration has urged Israel to hold accountable those responsible for violence against Palestinian civilians.
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Now it's time for sanctions against the Israeli authorities that are approving and inciting. We want to see the US, UK, Canada and others focus on power behind all this in the West Bank.
Outposts like these have been used to disrupt grazing lands, limit access to wells, and launch violent attacks against neighboring Palestinians.
The United States remains deeply concerned about extremist violence and instability in the West Bank, which undermines Israel's own security.
We strongly encourage the Government of Israel to take immediate steps to hold these individuals and entities accountable. In the absence of such steps, we will continue to impose our own accountability measures.
After all 250 Palestinian residents of Khirbet Zanuta [a village at the centre of the struggle for land] were forced to leave in late January, Hashomer Yosh volunteers fenced off the village to prevent the residents from returning.
Although Filant's role is akin to a security or law enforcement officer, he has engaged in malign activities outside the scope of his authority.
In February 2024, he led a group of armed settlers to set up roadblocks and conduct patrols to pursue and attack Palestinians in their lands and forcefully expel them from their lands.
Targeting the notorious Yitzhar security officer, Filant, is an important step in recognizing the institutional and state-backed nature of settler violence.
The sanctions will never put an end to settler violence unless they start targeting the state institutions and politicians who treat settlers as a tool of their expansionist policies.
It appears that they've not just targeted extremist settlers but have introduced a linkage to territoriality by citing illegal outposts.
It doesn't take much imagination to conclude that the next target would be [Israeli] government financing for illegal outposts. And that would be a new departure to be sure.
There are Jewish supremacists sitting in the cabinet meetings, and what they want is chaos. They are not afraid of the international community.
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sources
perspectives
- 1.US Foreign Policy
- 2.US under Donald Trump
- 3.Israel-Palestine Conflict
- 4.British Foreign Policy
- 5.Israel Foreign Policy
- 6.Islamic Terrorism
- 7.Israel under Benjamin Netanyahu
- 8.Israel-US Relations
- 9.2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel
- 10.Qatar Foreign Policy
countries
organizations
- 1.Hashomer Yosh
- 2.Israeli Government
- 3.Lehava
- 4.Peace Now
- 5.US State Department
- 6.JGive
- 7.Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- 8.Columbia University
- 9.Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
- 10.Hamahoch Farm
- 11.Human Rights Watch
- 12.Manne Farm
persons
- 1.Matthew Miller
- 2.Joe Biden
- 3.Benjamin Netanyahu
- 4.Yitzhak Levi Filant
- 5.Aaron David Miller
- 6.Isachar Manne
- 7.Quique Kierszenbaum
- 8.Reut Ben Haim
- 9.Richard Nephew
- 10.Sarah Yager
- 11.Akiva Eldar
- 12.Bezalel Smotrich