Pro-Israel advocacy groups and dual US-Israeli citizens have filed a lawsuit challenging US President Joe Biden’s order subjecting individuals involved in settler violence in the West Bank to financial and immigration sanctions.
The complaint filed in Amarillo, Texas, federal court yesterday says the executive order that Biden, a Democrat, issued in February violates the plaintiffs’ free-speech rights under the US Constitution and illegally interferes with the exercise of their religious beliefs.
The plaintiffs include Texans for Israel, a Christian nonprofit, Israeli nonprofit Regavim, the groups’ leaders, and two dual US-Israeli citizens who live in the West Bank and say they oppose the two-state solution favored by the Biden administration.
Biden’s executive order allows federal agencies to impose financial sanctions and visa restrictions against individuals who attack or intimidate Palestinians or seize their property. The White House in issuing the order said it would “promote peace and security for Israelis and Palestinians alike.”
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