Tag: Sanctions
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...
Israeli banks ‘overreacting’ by freezing accounts due to US sanctions, expert says
Israeli banks this week made the controversial decision to freeze the accounts of two Israelis sanctioned by the United States under an executive order signed by President Joe Biden. It is believed that the accounts of two other...
Biden sanctions ‘violent’ Israelis in Judea and Samaria
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday signed an executive order that imposes additional sanctions on Israeli residents of Judea and Samaria involved in alleged violence against Palestinians.
Biden's order targets four Israeli citizens who Washington...
Tel Aviv court orders bank to transfer Abramovich donation to ZAKA
The Tel Aviv District Court instructed Bank Mizrahi-Tefahot on Wednesday to transfer Roman Abramovich's 8 million-shekel ($2.2 million) donation to ZAKA, a volunteer search and rescue organization.
The Russian-Israeli billionaire made the charitable contribution to...
Cohen thanks Japan for sanctioning top Hamas terror chiefs
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Tuesday thanked Japan for moving to sanction top Hamas leaders, including the terror group's chief in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar.
Tokyo also announced sanctions on Mohammed Deif, the head of...
US Treasury sanctions Hezbollah supporters in South America
A charcoal export business has now been exposed as one cog in a terrorism funding machine crossing continents to support Iran’s efforts to expunge the Jewish state.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets...
US State Department designates five al-Shabaab leaders as terrorists
Maxamed Siidow, Cali Yare, Maxamed Dauud Gabaane, Suleiman Cabdi Daoud and Mohamed Omar Mohamed—all influential leaders of al-Shabaab, a terror group based in Somalia—have now been labeled Designated Global Terrorists under Executive Order (E.O.) 13224 by...
US takes action against six entities helping Iran oil industry
The U.S. government on Monday designated and sanctioned six entities as helping with “illicit transactions related to Iranian petroleum” and related products, “key sources of revenue for the Iranian government.”
It is one more wrench...