Trump lifts sanctions on violent settlers as Israelis attack West Bank towns
US President Donald Trump has canceled an executive order that slapped sanctions on extremist Israeli settlers involved in violent attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
On Monday, Trump revoked February 2024's Executive Order 14115, which was signed by his predecessor Joe Biden to authorize the imposition of sanctions “on Persons Undermining Peace, Security, and Stability in the West Bank,” the White House announced.
Biden's executive order designated 17 far-right Israeli settlers and 16 entities, blocking them from accessing all US property, assets and the American financial system.
Trump's move, which is expected to intensify attacks against Palestinians, came hours after armed Israeli settlers, shielded by the occupation troops, went on a rampage in several West Bank areas.
They torched Palestinian homes and shops in the villages of al-Funduq, Jinsafut, and Masafer Yatta, and vandalized vehicles near the town of Dura and the Fawwar refugee camp, calling for the murder and the forced displacement of Palestinian people.
A wide attack by Israeli settlers on the towns of Al Funduq and Jinsafut, east of Qalqilya, with homes, vehicles, and commercial shops set on fire. pic.twitter.com/BwtNceNMYf
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) January 20, 2025
Settler violence has escalated significantly since October 7, 2023, when Israel unleashed a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.
The usurping regime failed to achieve its declared objectives of freeing captives and eliminating the Hamas resistance group despite killing more than 47,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, in Gaza.
Israel was forced to agree to a Gaza ceasefire, which took effect on Sunday morning, accepting Hamas’ longstanding negotiation terms.
Far-right Israelis rejected the truce deal, insisting instead that the bloody onslaught on Gaza must continue.
UN rights office raises alarm at settler violence
Additionally on Monday, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Palestine said it was “alarmed” by a new wave of violence perpetrated by Israeli settlers and forces in the occupied West Bank following the Gaza ceasefire.
.@OHCHR_Palestine is alarmed by a wave of renewed violence perpetrated by settlers and Israeli security forces in the Occupied #WestBank, coinciding with the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire agreement and the release of hostages and detainees. This has been accompanied by…
— UN Human Rights Palestine (@OHCHR_Palestine) January 20, 2025
In a statement, it said the settler violence was accompanied by reinforced Israeli restrictions on Palestinians’ freedom of movement.
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