Tag: Sanctions
US sanctions Israeli security coordinator, NGO for ‘extremist settler violence’
The U.S. State Department announced new sanctions on Wednesday on an Israeli nonprofit and civilian security coordinator that it alleges are engaged in “extremist settler violence” in Judea and Samaria.
“Extremist settler violence in the...
EU sanctions eight Israelis, entities over Judea and Samaria ‘abuses’
The European Council, the top decision-making body in the E.U., on Monday announced it is designating five Israeli citizens and three Israeli entities under its human rights sanctions regime, accusing them of “systematic abuse”...
US-sanctioned Syrian businessman dies in alleged Israeli strike
A businessman with close ties to the Syrian regime was killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike targeting a vehicle on the Damascus-Beirut Highway on Monday afternoon, according to Syrian opposition sources.
“Two people were killed in an...
Biden admin yet to fix error days after admitting it sanctioned wrong Israeli
Four days after the Biden administration admitted that it accused an uninvolved Israeli citizen of “undermining peace, security and stability” in Judea and Samaria and sanctioned the wrong man, it has yet to fix...
US designates Tehran-aligned militia in Iraq as terror group
The U.S. State Department designated the group Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya, and Haydar Muzhir Ma’lak al-Sa’idi, 46, the Iraq-based militia’s secretary general, as “specially designated global terrorists” on Monday.
Aligned with Iran, the entity is “part of the...
US sanctions Tzav 9 protest group for curbing aid delivery to Gaza
The U.S. State Department sanctioned the Tzav 9 (“Order 9”) protest movement, which it called “a violent extremist Israeli group that has been blocking, harassing and damaging convoys carrying lifesaving humanitarian assistance to Palestinian civilians in...
US sanctions ‘militant’ Palestinian group in Judea, Samaria
The U.S. State Department is sanctioning the Palestinian terrorist group Lions’ Den, Foggy Bottom announced on Thursday.
The department called the group, which Washington does not designate as a foreign terrorist organization, “a militant Palestinian group centered in...
US, UK designate five ‘key financial facilitators’ of Hamas
Washington and London announced sanctions on Wednesday against five “key financial facilitators involved in fundraising for Hamas.”
The sanctions—the fourth such round of designations since Oct. 7—target Gaza Now and its founder and director Mustafa Ayash and...
Republican senators cite Latin American support of Israel, slamming White House sanctions
Eight Republican senators penned a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden slamming the administration for “misuse of authorities provided by Congress to combat corruption in Latin America and the Caribbean at the expense of strategic U.S....
What exactly is Biden’s issue with Israeli law enforcement?
President Joe Biden’s Executive Order targeting four “violent, radical settlers” is not a legal move, but a political one. Yet Israel has a fairly strong hand to play against it, if it has the...