6mo ago

Trump cancels sanctions on Israeli settlers in West Bank

Summary

Donald Trump rescinded sanctions imposed by the Biden administration on Israeli settler groups and individuals accused of violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.

The sanctions, established under Executive Order 14115 in 2024, targeted those "undermining peace, security, and stability" and froze U.S. assets of sanctioned individuals.

This marks a reversal of Biden’s policy aimed at curbing settler violence and supporting a two-state solution.

Trump’s decision aligns with his previous support for Israeli settlements, which most countries consider illegal under international law.

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At least we don't have Genocide Joe! (/s in case I actually need to write that)
- Well the last elections had Bernie, so effort was spent on that option for change instead.
  Funny how a decent choice of candidate can be the difference between promoting said candidate and promoting not voting at all. Almost like representation matters.
  It’s analogous to sanctioning Pvt. Ivan McBlyat but leaving Putin untouched.
- This article was literally about American politics and how it affected the Israel-Palestine situation.
- This might come off as funny if it weren't for the fact that "genocide Joe" is entirely fair.
  After literal decades of trying to convince the Democratic establishment that being marginally better than the fascists isn't "good enough", I don't personally have much tolerance for scolding voters. Maybe this election could have been won, but the eventual outcome was inevitable. Neoliberalism is woefully incapable of restraining fascism.
  
  Yeah! So we should vote in fascism! And then actively rip apart the non fascists…. That will definitely create a great new liberal party right? So what’s the plan after the fascists take over?…… there is a great next step that will make the 4d chess move of electing the fascists make sense….tight?
  
  I know it's an unpopular opinion, but I hate the term "Genocide Joe":
  it doesn't put enough fault on Netanyahu
  its an in group term, if you are in the group you know what it means, if not its either has no meaning, or is taken too literally/incorrectly.
  The middle east is a mess, we make it worse in every attempt to improve it, but some of those religiously using this phrase I don't think want peace, just wish a different group was winning. This is a small subset of those using the phrase, but seem to be driving the political outcome by an oversized amount.
  See the expression should be Netanyahu is treating the Palestinians like Hitler did the Jews. So why are we [Joe/Harris] so blindly following this.
  And I know the political answer to this is Joe/Harris were trying to use there position for political pressure.. I'd say it failed but they did get a last min ceasefire, so history may prove otherwise.
  
  I like how there was an issue and so many idiots leaned into it.
  
  "marginally better?" Really? Guess when you're just that far out everything on the horizon looks similar.
  
  Just lazy
- At least centrists didn't have to abandon their support for genocide.
  
  Don't misrepresent people's views. If they're wrong, you should easily be able to win the argument against even the best interpretation of their stance.
  
  Leftists have full on embraced it.
  
  At least tankies leveraged a genocide to install their favorite orange tyrant.
  Seriously, you folks suck at hiding your true intent.
- Same shit if you’re Palestinian eh?
  But hey glad to know you can live with supporting genocide abroad as long as you’re not bothered at home.
  
  ... they said while supporting more genocide
- So what's your point?
  Was this election so unimportant to the Democrats that they couldn't pressure Israel into a ceasefire in October?
  Biden had all the power for the past 15 months. Failing to deliver anything and claiming they are "working tirelessly" can only mean incompetence or deception on the part of Democrats.
  Blaming Palestinian-Americsns for staying home when American bombs were killing their families is just such a weak take.
  
  You read: "At least we don't have Genocide Joe! (Sarcasm indicated)"
  You responded to: "Those damn Palestinians costing us the election! How dare they!"
  Please re-read the comment. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Waffling+the+Pancakes
  
  Was this election so unimportant that non-voters and 3rd party voters couldn’t be bothered to cast their vote in concert with those that would stand in the way of a dictator?
  There’s FAR more at risk than a genocide. Take a look around for once.
The 53 days have started.
- The 53 days have started.
  And folks are holding this up as evidence that Trump is "better" on Gaza.
- Hitler opened the meeting by boasting that millions of Germans had welcomed his chancellorship with “jubilation,” then outlined his plans for expunging key government officials and filling their positions with loyalists. At this point he turned to his main agenda item: the empowering law that, he argued, would give him the time (four years, according to the stipulations laid out in the draft of the law) and the authority necessary to make good on his campaign promises to revive the economy, reduce unemployment, increase military spending, withdraw from international treaty obligations, purge the country of foreigners he claimed were “poisoning” the blood of the nation, and exact revenge on political opponents. “Heads will roll in the sand,” Hitler had vowed at one rally.
  Sounds about right in line
- Excellent article. Thank you!
  
  Paywalled :(
- Damn the similarities are uncanny.....
- This is so terrifyingly close to what we see in the US... Is this an accurate representation of the historical facts? Is this really not historical manipulation to sound like what is happening today? I cannot discern truth from lies here :'(
  I have my anti-confirmation-bias-bias activating strong while reading this article
  edit: raising suspicion is that I could not find evidence that nazis used "draining the swamp" refering to the parliament
  
  According to the author about page: Timothy W. Ryback is a historian and director of the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation in The Hague. He is the author of several books on Hitler’s Germany
  
  Whether it was a reference to parliament, I don't know. Politicians often leave stuff ambiguous so they can abuse the symbolism. After all, nobody wants to live in a swamp. There's also an overlapping period between far right Germans and Nazis. Here's a poster that calls to get out of the swamp: "Heraus aus dem Sumpf"
  I mostly posted the article because of the included facts and resemblances. Which I think is most important here.
The only real way to curb settlers violence and support a two state solution is no more weapon at all to israel and global sanctions on the israeli state itself. Something the two genocidal parties would never do
- That would be nice. But one party’s voters think that Arabs deserve no quarter. The other party’s voters are somewhat split and nuanced on the issue. So if you want only zero funding for Israel, or no vote, you’re going to get the party who believes in no mercy, kill all Muslims, and annex all of Palestinian lands yesterday.
- That would be nice. But one party’s voters think that Arabs deserve no quarter. The other party’s voters are somewhat split and nuanced on the issue. So if you want only zero funding for Israel you’re going to get the party who believes in no mercy, kill all Muslims, and annex all of Palestinian lands yesterday.
- Give them both the bomb. They'll either blow themselves up, or MAD themselves into peace.
  
  That first option doesn't make this idea particularly tempting.
- Wow, you just solved world peace. Congratulations!
  
  Better than your solution of keeping supporting Israel
So, Israel bought a bunch of his coins?
- Ding ding ding.
  The existence of this coin is two fold.
  wash bribe money.
  Scam the voters.
- They planned all the way from Bibi's october visit
But I was told buy a guy at work that the war would be over within 24 hours!
- You didn't ask how it'd end...
  
  Perhaps he meant a different war. The Sudanese civil war perhaps? No one is talking about that.
I heard Kamala's policy is bad for Palestinian from here and also the Palestinian community in US. Happy now?
- I'd sure be happy if we were just starting Bernie's second term. With third way neoliberalism still firmly in control of the Democrats, an eventual fall to fascists was inevitable. It just happened to be this election.
  
  I voted for Bernie twice. But he couldn’t even come close to beating Hillary when she’s was handcuffed to an fbi investigation. Also, it’s hilarious you think he wouldn’t lose a second term in a similar fashion to Carter vs Reagan.
- The vast majority of people who criticized Kamala online still voted for her. They knew the cost.
  The problem is voters who don't pay as close of attention, who only vote based on single issues, which we have a lot of in the USA.
- Seriously, when will you people get around to understanding that sometimes a bad choice is still better than the alternative.
  For instance-
  I’d rather have a head cold than cancer.
Where are my lemmygrad Russian trolls now???
- Out celebrating that they didn't vote for Genocide™
- I’m part of the 3/4 that didn’t
This will surely help peace.
Pouring gas on genocides' fires : at home and abroad. Rapist, felon and now genocider.
No... hehe, I don't perceive him to be a bully. Don't be so sensitive.
This may not be politically correct or whatever, but I would rather have a bully president than a wimpy president.
I mean, right?
- You seem well adjusted
I see a lot of neoliberal fascist democrats in this thread, seeing a lot more of them on lemmy.world now. They'll sooner blame a "tankie" on the internet than their own beloved party who sold out to fascists. Neolibs still haven't figured out that red/blue are just two sides of the same fascist coin, and are quick to turn on other leftists (because they're actually right wing af)
EDIT - Just to add, can't wait to see you neolib Democrats side with fascists out of convenience and self preservation. Oh wait you're already doing it.
Trumps killin' it. Lotta shit he's cleaning up
- There is so much shit because its absolutely pouring out of his weird mouth
  
  May God bless what is good that our president intends
This marks a reversal of Biden’s policy aimed at curbing settler violence and supporting a two-state solution.
He's gone, you don’t have to keep pandering to his fake ass policy that totally wasn't full send arms to Israel for 15 months. Blinken clocked out as well.
Not to mention we were all here when these sanctions got announced, rescinded, and then reannounced, in case it wasn't already clear a few settlers would likely never be traveling to the USA.
- He’s gone, you don’t have to keep pandering to his fake ass policy that totally wasn’t full send arms to Israel for 15 months
  At least it was something. Trump full on recognized the settlements, giving legitimacy and urging Netanyahu to escalate further. You don't need to pretend like you havent completely fucked over every palestinian by not voting Harris.
  
  So far Trump got a ceasefire. That is infinitely better for Palestine than anything that Biden did.
Uh... Y'all do realize these "sanctions" meant basically nothing right? Cry about Gaza non-voters when he actually does something (which he will don't get me wrong, but this is just weak).
- What a lame response. Treat this situation with the respect it deserves, or get out.
  
  These sanctions were a joke.
  It was a handful of people targeted who were never going to leave Israel anyway and won’t be that bothered by not having access to American financial institutions.
  
  Okay what? I'm not sure what exactly you want me to respect here. I'm calling out the "look what not voting caused" circlejerk in the comments.
- It's not about the actual move here. It's about what this signals. It's a flashing warning sign: Trump does not give a flying fuck about Palestine, and he is willing to do favors for genocidal maniacs on demand.
- Great job genociding palestine.

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