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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 531

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Houthi supporters raise their machine guns during an anti-Israel rally in Sanaa, Yemen, January 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
March 5, 2025, 9:33 pm
US sanctions Houthi leaders, a day after reinstating terrorist designation
Treasury announces sanctions against 7 leaders of Iran-backed Yemeni group in bid to cut off funds, stifle weapons supply
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Finance Minister and Religious Zionism head Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, February 24, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 27, 2025, 7:03 pm
In from cold, Smotrich to meet US Treasury chief in Washington next week
Far-right minister set for first official visit with Trump administration, heralding potential major policy shift after Biden kept settlement-backing politician at arm’s length
By AP and ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox men protest against the conscription of Haredim to the IDF in Jerusalem on October 31, 2024. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
February 16, 2025, 7:06 pm
Increasing Haredi IDF enlistment requires strong sanctions, Finance Ministry tells MKs
Budget official says conscription effort will only work if those who refuse to serve feel a real pinch in their pocket; Yesh Atid MK Moshe Tur-Paz: Economic sanctions needed now
By Sam Sokol
International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan attends a United Nations Security Council meeting on Sudan and South Sudan at the United Nations headquarters in New York, January 27, 2025. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP)
February 13, 2025, 8:56 pm
US bars entry to ICC chief over arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant
Sanctions freeze Karim Khan’s US assets, ban him from the country, a week after Trump signed order to punish court for having ‘abused its power’ in Gaza, Afghanistan probes
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
An Iranian military speedboat patrols the waters as a tanker prepares to dock at the oil facility on Khark Island, Iran, on March 12, 2017. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
February 6, 2025, 8:23 pm
First new US sanctions under Trump target network delivering Iranian oil to China
Measures against alleged front company for Iranian military come after Trump signs order resuming ‘maximum pressure’ campaign, aimed at ‘driving Iran’s oil exports to zero’
By AFP
Religious Zionism party head MK Bezalel Smotrich (right) with Otzma Yehudit party head MK Itamar Ben Gvir in the Knesset, on December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 21, 2025, 1:56 pm
Israeli right praises Trump’s reversal of sanctions on violent settlers
Politicians and settler leaders claim Biden-era measures were unjust and undermined Israel’s sovereignty, portray previous administration as targeting right-wing activists
By ToI Staff
Israeli settlers flash middle fingers from rooftops as they taunt Palestinian locals near the Tomb of the Patriarchs, as they mark a yearly Jewish religious event in Hebron in the West Bank on November 23, 2024. (Hazem Bader/AFP)
January 21, 2025, 5:53 am
On day one, Trump rolls back Biden sanctions regime targeting violent Israeli settlers
US president heeds pleas Israeli officials have been making for months, signing executive order hours after another rampage targets northern West Bank Palestinian village
By Jacob Magid
Issachar Manne is seen opening a bottle of wine in his settlement in the West Bank, in this screen capture from a YouTube video posted September 1, 2022. (Screen capture via YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 17, 2025, 10:39 pm
Biden aides admit they mistakenly targeted 2 US citizens immune from settler sanctions
Officials tell ToI vetting process failed to identify pair accused of violence against Palestinians as dual nationals ineligible for targeting under executive order signed by US president
By Jacob Magid
A demonstrator holds a rifle during a rally to denounce Israel and in solidarity with Palestinians in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa, on January 17, 2025. (Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)
January 17, 2025, 10:05 pm
US imposes sanctions on Yemeni bank accused of financing Houthis
US Treasury Department designates Yemen Kuwait Bank, saying Houthis exploit Yemeni banking sector to launder money and transfer funds to Hezbollah, facilitate Iran oil sales
By Agencies
US Senator Marco Rubio testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on his nomination to be secretary of state, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on January 15, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)
January 16, 2025, 2:30 am
Trump’s pick for secretary of state says sanctions on violent settlers to be lifted
US Senator Marco Rubio doesn’t give timeline for reversal of Biden policy, says he expects Trump administration ‘will continue to be perhaps the most pro-Israel administration’
By Jacob Magid
Religious Zionisn party head MK Bezalel Smotrich (right) with head of the Otzma Yehudit party MK Itamar Ben Gvir at a vote at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 19, 2024, 7:39 am
US won’t sanction Smotrich and Ben Gvir before end of Biden’s term — officials
Deeming far-right ministers responsible for destabilizing West Bank, US weighed unprecedented move for months, but ultimately held off, as Trump would likely reverse it
By Jacob Magid
European Commission Vice-President Kaja Kallas during a meeting with the foreign ministers of the Arab Contact Group on Syria in Jordan's southern Red Sea coastal city of Aqaba, December 14, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)
December 15, 2024, 7:41 pm
EU diplomat: Syria sanctions relief not relevant until new leadership proves itself
Kaja Kallas says new leaders will have to ensure rights of minorities and women, disavow religious extremism in order to make good on their assurances of moderation
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi
A statue commemorating the victims of Cafe Apropo bombing, which killed three women in 1997. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
November 19, 2024, 10:04 pm
US slaps fresh sanctions on six senior Hamas officials
Targets include terror group’s representatives abroad, operative who aided deadly 1997 bombing at Tel Aviv café, and financiers funneling money into Gaza, West Bank
By Agencies and ToI Staff
An Israeli, allegedly from the illegal settlement outpost of Meitarim Farm, peers into the home of Palestinians in the West Bank village of Khirbet Zanuta, August 31, 2024. (Courtesy Haqel)
November 18, 2024, 10:54 pm
US sanctions key settlement organization Amana for dispossessing Palestinians
Trump expected to reverse move, but it still sends signal to other Western countries that have already followed US in imposing sanctions against Israeli extremists in West Bank
By Jeremy Sharon and Jacob Magid
Amana CEO Ze'ev 'Zambish' Hever addresses his settlement group's annual conference in Jerusalem on November 14, 2017. (Courtesy: Yesha Council)
October 15, 2024, 9:28 pm
UK targets top Israeli settlement development group in third batch of sanctions
Other sanctioned organizations include a West Bank yeshiva allegedly promoting ‘violence against non-Jewish people,’ a registered charity, and three illegal outposts
By Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and Agencies
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