Headline Roundup • February 1st, 2024
Biden Signs Executive Order Aimed at Curbing Violence in West Bank
Summary from the AllSides News Team
The Biden administration issued an executive order on Thursday targeting Israeli settlers suspected of engaging in violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.
Key Quote: In the order, President Joe Biden states, “the situation in the West Bank — in particular high levels of extremist settler violence, forced displacement of people and villages, and property destruction — has reached intolerable levels and constitutes a serious threat to the peace, security, and stability of the West Bank and Gaza, Israel, and the broader Middle East region.”
Details: The order imposes financial sanctions and visa restrictions on individuals deemed to be “responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or indirectly engaged or attempted to engage in” actions that “threaten the peace, security, or stability of the West Bank,” including, “an act of violence or threat of violence targeting civilians” and “efforts to place civilians in reasonable fear of violence with the purpose or effect of necessitating a change of residence to avoid such violence; property destruction; or seizure or dispossession of property by private actors.”
How the Media Covered It: Reuters (Center bias) cited a United Nations report to state that “daily settler attacks have more than doubled” since the Oct. 7 attacks, and included no mention of a potential political angle to Biden’s executive order. The Washington Examiner (Lean Right bias) framed the order as a move by Biden to appease pro-Palestine protesters and did not include the UN data regarding a spike in settler attacks in the West Bank.
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President Biden is expected to issue an executive order on Thursday allowing the U.S. to impose new sanctions on Israeli settlers — and potentially Israeli politicians and government officials — involved in violent attacks against Palestinians, two U.S. officials tell Axios.
Why it matters: The unprecedented executive order will be the most significant step any U.S. administration has ever taken in response to violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank.
It reflects the Biden administration's determination that extremist settler violence has reached levels that constitute a...
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The Biden administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on four Israeli men it accused of being involved in settler violence in the West Bank, signaling growing U.S. displeasure with the policies of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
President Joe Biden issued an executive order on Thursday that aims to punish Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, where Palestinians envisage a future state.
The order establishes a system for imposing financial sanctions and visa restrictions against individuals who attack or intimidate Palestinians or seize their property, White House national security adviser...
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Thursday that hands down sanctions against Israeli settlers in the West Bank who commit acts of violence against Palestinians.
The move, which is a nod to Democrats who have protested against Israel’s actions in its war with Hamas, is the biggest action Biden has taken thus far against Israelis since the conflict began on Oct. 7, 2023.
Sanctions will include blocking settlers who have committed acts of violence from accessing U.S. property or assets, from engaging with the American financial system, and from...
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