State Dept sanctions Israelis, not Hamas: Imposing Further Sanctions to Promote Peace, Security, and

[mountaineer]

Gabriel Noronha
@GLNoronha
The State Department just issued sanctions "to promote Peace, Security, and Stability in the West Bank".
None of the sanctions targeted Hamas, PIJ, Hezbollah, Houthis, or Iranians  - the ones who want a war in the West Bank. They only sanctioned Israelis.
11:06 AM · Mar 14, 2024

Imposing Further Sanctions to Promote Peace, Security, and Stability in the West Bank
Fact Sheet
Office of the Spokesperson
March 14, 2024

The United States continues to take action against those who undermine peace, security, and stability in the West Bank, which undermine the national security and foreign policy objectives of the United States, including the viability of a two-state solution, ensuring Israelis and Palestinians can attain equal measures of security, prosperity, and freedom, and reducing the risk of regional destabilization. There is no justification for extremist violence against civilians, whatever their national origin, ethnicity, race, or religion.

The Department of State is imposing additional sanctions, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 14115, to promote accountability for individuals and entities associated with actions that undermine peace, security, and stability in the West Bank. This follows the State Department’s announcement of a related visa restriction policy on December 5, 2023, as well as its first sanctions actions under E.O. 14115, on February 1, 2024.

These individuals and entities are being designated pursuant to E.O. 14115, which authorizes sanctions against those involved in certain actions, including violence or threats of violence targeting civilians, efforts to place civilians in reasonable fear of violence with the purpose or effect of necessitating a change of residence to avoid such violence, destruction of property, seizure or dispossession of property by private actors, or terrorist activity, affecting the West Bank. Today’s action further underscores our commitment to promoting peace, security, and stability for civilians in the West Bank and accountability for the individuals and entities involved in these actions.

The Department is designating the following individual pursuant to section 1(a)(i)(B)(1) for being responsible for or complicit in, or for having directly or indirectly engaged or attempted to engage in planning, ordering, otherwise directing, or participating in an act of violence or threat of violence targeting civilians, affecting the West Bank ...

Gabriel Noronha
@GLNoronha
Israelis who commit unprovoked violence against Palestinians in the West Bank can and should be held accountable. By their government.
And guess what - they are! They are arrested and thrown in prison.
Human rights sanctions are for those who can't/won't be held responsible.
11:11 AM · Mar 14, 2024

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Benjamin Weingarten
@bhweingarten
Democrat leadership is not only calling for regime change in Israel, but indirectly threatening Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with sanctions for defending the survival of the Jewish state
10:38 AM · Mar 14, 2024

Andrew Desiderio
@AndrewDesiderio
NEWS — Schumer will call for new elections in Israel & say Netanyahu is an “obstacle to peace.” Speaking on floor now.
“The Netanyahu coalition no longer fits the needs of Israel...the Israeli people are being stifled right now by a governing vision that is stuck in the past.”
10:08 AM · Mar 14, 2024

Executive Order on Imposing Certain Sanctions on Persons Undermining Peace, Security, and Stability in the West Bank

[PeteS in CA]

Foggy Bottom's hatred for Israel probably has roots back to 1947. Israel's obstinate survival has just exacerbated that hatred.

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Biden Slaps More Sanctions on Israel While Giving $10 Billion Sanctions Waiver to Iran

Joel B. Pollak 14 Mar 2024

President Joe Biden’s administration slapped more sanctions on Israelis over so-called “extremist settler violence” on Thursday — including on two outposts in the West Bank, marking the first sanctions on Israel relating to a specific area.

The sanctions are a virtual gift to the anti-Israel and antisemitic “boycott, divestment, sanctions” (BDS) movement, at a time when Biden is trying to shore up flagging Arab- and Muslim-American support. The news also came on the same day that the Biden Administration sent senior White House officials to meet with Palestinian-Americans in Chicago.

The sanctions also came a day after the Biden Administration renewed a sanctions waiver on Iran that will allow the regime to gain access to up to $10 billion in assets. The waiver is aimed at encouraging diplomacy, as Iran funds attacks on Israel, as Iranian-backed militias attack U.S. troops elsewhere in the region, and as the Iranian-backed Houthis are continuing their attacks on international shipping and the U.S. Navy in the Red Sea, disrupting the global economy.

The Times of Israel reported:

    The US State Department offers information explaining the decision to sanction two Israeli illegal outposts in the West Bank and three extremist settlers.

    The two sanctioned outposts are Moshe’s Farm, also known as Tirza Valley outpost, which was established in January 2021; and Zvi’s Farm, near the Halamish settlement.

    The three settlers sanctioned are Moshe Sharvit, who runs the former outpost, Zvi Bar Yosef, who runs the latter outpost, and Neriya Ben Pazi, from the Rimonim Farm in the West Bank.

more
https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2024/03/14/biden-slaps-more-sanctions-on-israel-while-giving-10-billion-sanctions-waiver-to-iran/

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