President Joe Biden issued a new executive order on Thursday directing sanctions against Israeli settlers accused of fomenting violence and intimidation against Palestinians in the West Bank.
“I have issued an Executive Order declaring a national emergency to deal with the threat posed by the situation in the West Bank, including in particular high levels of extremist settler violence, forced displacement of people and villages, and property destruction,” President Biden said in a Thursday statement formally notifying Congress of his executive order.
The president said the actions of certain West Bank settlers risk undermining peace and stability throughout the West Bank, Gaza, Israel, and the broader Middle East….
