Biden issues order targeting Israeli settlers who attack West Bank Palestinians
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![President Biden issued an executive order on Thursday targeting Israeli settlers in the West Bank who have been attacking Palestinians in the occupied territory.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/02/01/gettyimages-1977719436_custom-cf8b946102eb9018e4e03f625bb6cc7b600567f9.jpg?s=600)
President Biden issued an executive order on Thursday targeting Israeli settlers in the West Bank who have been attacking Palestinians in the occupied territory.
The order named four people and will lay the groundwork for financial sanctions against settlers who carry out violent assaults, which have increased since Hamas launched an attack on Israel three months ago, triggering a full-scale war in Gaza.
The order will not target U.S. citizens, who make up a significant number of the settler community. The Biden administration had issued an order late last year imposing travel bans on Israeli settlers who had attacked Palestinians.
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