Tag: Sanctions
US Treasury targets Russian-backed Iranian oil-smuggling network
On the day that the Biden administration point man on Iran testified before a Senate committee, the U.S. Treasury Department announced a new sanctions package targeting an oil-smuggling and money-laundering network belonging to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary...
US Treasury targets Hamas investment portfolio with sanctions
Days after sanctioning a Lebanese businessman and his network for funding the Hamas terror organization that rules the Gaza Strip, the U.S. Treasury Department announced similar measures on Tuesday, targeting several Jordanian nationals.
The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets...
Defense establishment to impose civilian sanctions on relatives of Arab terrorists
The Israeli defense establishment has decided to place civilian sanctions on the relatives of Palestinian terrorists in the wake of the ongoing wave of terrorism, Kan News reported on Tuesday.
The sanctions will include a ban on working...
Russian businessmen resign from Jewish group after giving $10 million to Ukraine
Three Russian oligarchs who founded the Genesis Philanthropy Group have stepped down from the Jewish charitable foundation after it pledged to donate $10 million for humanitarian needs in Ukraine, reported Business Insider.
Banking and business billionaires...
Russia says Western sanctions related to Ukraine war have no bearing on Iran talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday that he has received guarantees from the United States that Western sanctions on Moscow over its Ukraine invasion would not affect cooperation with Iran as part...
Lapid: Israel condemns war, but it will not act as bypass channel of Russia...
Israel will not act as a bypass channel of sanctions for Russia imposed by the West, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Monday, according to a report by Globes.
In a meeting with Slovakian Foreign Minister...
Yad Vashem cuts ties with Roman Abramovich after UK announces sanctions
Israel’s Yad Vashem announced on Thursday that it was cutting ties with its second-largest private donor, Roman Abramovich. The notice came shortly after the Russian billionaire was named as one of seven oligarchs being...
In wake of Amnesty ‘apartheid’ report, Palestinians urge UN to sanction Israel
The Palestinian Authority on Tuesday night welcomed Amnesty International UK’s report accusing Israel of apartheid, and also urged the U.N. General Assembly and Security Council to impose sanctions on the Jewish state. The P.A. also called...
US enacts sanctions on Hezbollah-tied businessmen for exploiting Lebanon amid economic collapse
The United States announced on Tuesday that it is sanctioning three Hezbollah-linked facilities and their Lebanese-based travel company for their role as financial facilitators of the Iranian-backed terror group at a time when Lebanon...
Congress pursues bill to sanction entities aiding Palestinian terror groups
A group of 16 Republican senators signed on to a reintroduced bill that would require the imposition of sanctions on any individual, entity or state that provides support for Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and...