US expected to impose new sanctions against occupied West Bank outposts, Axios reports
The Biden Administration is expected to impose new sanctions on two illegal outposts in the occupied West Bank and on three Israeli settlers. These sanctions are in response to attacks by “extremist” Israeli settlers against Palestinians. The U.S. aims to target entities and individuals providing logistical and financial support to these attacks. Previously, in February, the administration imposed sanctions on four Israeli men for settler violence and criticized Israel’s settlement expansion as inconsistent with international law. Since the 1967 Middle East war, Israel has occupied the West Bank, where it has built settlements deemed illegal by most countries, a claim Israel disputes. Recent increases in raids in the West Bank have been noted since the Gaza war began in October, with significant casualties reported in both the West Bank and Gaza.