He signed an executive order on Thursday, saying violence had reached “intolerable levels”.

The sanctions will block the individuals from accessing all US property and other assets.

Violence in the West Bank has spiked since Hamas’s 7 October attack on Israel.

  • @jonne
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    65 months ago

    Good thing we’re doing warning shots over a 100 days in, after Gaza has been turned into rubble and like 2% of the population has died.

    • @TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee
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      45 months ago

      Geopolitics involving nuclear armaments happens slowly, unfortunately. It’s a nasty situation, but the political will is shifting away from Israel.

      The US can’t unilaterally stop supporting a long time ally without undermining the trust the rest of our Allie’s have in the US- and by extension NATO as a whole. At least not without taking small steps at a time