Israel-Gaza war: US Prez. Joe Biden Imposes Sanctions on Israeli Settlers in West Bank| Oneindia

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U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order to curb violence in the West Bank, targeting Jewish settlers involved in attacks on Palestinians. The order allows financial sanctions and visa restrictions, responding to increased settler violence since Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel. It aims to preserve peace and support a two-state solution.

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00:00 In quite an amusing turn of events, according to media reports, the US President Joe Biden

00:07 has signed an executive order to address the escalating violence between Jewish settlers

00:13 and Palestinians in the West Bank following Hamas' attack on southern Israel on October

00:17 7.

00:18 Reportedly, the US, via this action, has sanctioned four Israeli settlers in the West Bank.

00:23 The order establishes a new framework for imposing financial sanctions and visa restrictions

00:29 on individuals involving in the attacks or intimidating Palestinians or even seizing

00:34 their property.

00:35 Some recent United Nations data reveals a significant increase in settler attacks since

00:40 the Hamas' assault and Israel's subsequent offensive in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.

00:45 The executive order empowers the US government to freeze assets and impose the visa restrictions

00:50 on those found responsible for violence against Palestinians.

00:54 The State Department is expected to announce the first four individuals targeted by the

00:59 order.

01:00 Now, this move comes after a recent Israeli covert operation took place in the city of

01:04 Jenin where three Hamas fighters were eliminated inside a hospital.

01:09 And so, in response to the growing threat to peace, security and stability in the West

01:13 Bank, Israel and the broader Middle East region, US has taken such a big action.

01:19 President Biden has emphasized the urgency of addressing the violence, conveying his

01:22 direct concerns to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

01:26 The administration contends that the violence by Israeli settlers undermines the prospect

01:30 of a peaceful resolution and the co-existence of an independent Palestinian state alongside

01:34 Israel.

01:36 After the Gaza war, the West Bank has witnessed a heightened violence fuelled by anti-Israel

01:40 sentiment and a prolonged impasse of US-sponsored peace efforts.

01:44 Meanwhile, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrik has dismissed the order and has labelled

01:50 it as part of an anti-Semitic lie.

01:52 He argued that the settler violence campaign aims to smear settlers and the entire state

01:57 of Israel.

01:58 For the unaware, in December last year, the US has already initiated visa bans on individuals

02:03 involved in the violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

02:06 Since the 1967 Middle East war, Israel's occupation of the West Bank, along with the

02:12 construction of new Jewish settlements, has been a contentious issue.

02:16 While Israel considers the settlements legitimate, most countries view them as illegal.

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