As Trump lifts sanctions on West Bank settlers, anti-Palestinian violence flares in the occupied area
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President Donald Trump rescinded sanctions imposed by the Biden administration on Israeli settler groups and individuals accused of attacking Palestinians.
TEL AVIV — Hours after President Donald Trump rescinded American sanctions on far-right settler groups and individuals accused of involvement in violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, Israel’s military said it had launched a “significant” operation in the territory.
Israeli forces moved into the northern city of Jenin in an offensive that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said was launched to “defeat terrorism.” Health authorities in the region said at least seven people were killed and dozens injured.
It came after his military said “Israeli civilians,” some of them masked, had attacked a Palestinian village Monday night before they turned on their own soldiers.
Introduced by the Biden administration in February, Executive Order 14115 saw sanctions imposed on “persons undermining peace, security, and stability in the West Bank.”
But in a major policy reversal, the White House website said Monday that Trump had done away with the measures, which barred Americans from dealing with both Israeli settlers and entities associated with them while freezing their U.S. assets.
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