Donald Trump on Monday rescinded sanctions imposed by the former Biden administration on far-right Israeli settler groups and individuals accused of being involved in violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, the new White House website said.
Joe Biden's administration, which had slapped sanctions on numerous Israeli settler individuals and entities, freezing their US assets and generally barring Americans from dealing with them.
violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and land grabs in the occupied territory have raised concern among some of Israel's Western allies.
two-state solution between Israelis and Palestinians.
Arab-Israeli war, Israel has occupied the West Bank of the Jordan River, which Palestinians want as the core of an independent state. It has built Jewish settlements there that most countries deem illegal. Israel disputes this and cites historical and Biblical ties to the land.
abandoned the long-held US position that settlements were illegal before Biden restored them.
Israel Gantz, chairman of the main Yesha settler council with close ties with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is wanted by the ICC in connection to alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Israel in Gaza, told Reuters in October that he expected the sanctions to be lifted in case of a Trump win.
(Reuters)
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