U.S. sanctions fundraisers for extremist West Bank settlers who commit violence against Palestinians

Source: msn.com




FATIMA HUSSEIN and JULIA FRANKEL • 1h

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The Treasury Department announcement comes as the West Bank has seen some of the worst violence perpetrated by extremist settlers against Palestinians since the war began in the Gaza Strip.

There is also friction between President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose far-right government has reacted angrily to previous sanctions imposed against West Bank settlers.

Included in Friday’s sanctions are two entities — Mount Hebron Fund and Shlom Asiraich — accused of raising funds for sanctioned settlers Yinon Levi and David Chai Chasdai. Both men were previously sanctioned by the Biden administration for violently attacking Palestinians in the West Bank.

The penalties aim to block them from using the U.S. financial system and bar American citizens from dealing with them.

The fundraising campaigns established by Mount Hebron Fund for Levi and by Shlom Asiraich for Chasdai generated the equivalent of $140,000 and $31,000, respectively, according to the U.S. Treasury................................




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