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Friday, January 24, 2025
Abiding by Trump executive order, Treasury Department terminates sanctions against violent settlers
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Falling in line with the executive order signed by US President Donald Trump on his first day in office, the US Treasury Department announces the termination of the sanctions authorized by former president Joe Biden against violent settlers destabilizing the West Bank.
Seventeen individuals and 16 entities were designated as a result of the sanctions regime, which was itself an executive order signed by Biden last February amid mounting frustration over Israel’s failure to crack down on rampant settler violence.
All frozen assets belonging to sanctioned settlers have been released.
The sanctions against the northern West Bank Palestinian terror group Lions Den, which was also designated through Biden’s executive order, have also been removed. The group is largely dormant, though.
