Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“United States President Donald Trump has issued an executive order lifting sanctions against violent Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. Trump issued the order, among a slew of controversial moves, as he returned to the White House on Monday. The sanctions were imposed by his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, via an executive order in February. … Since the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Israel has occupied the West Bank of the Jordan River, which Palestinians want as the core of an independent state. Israel has built settlements there, which are illegal under international law.” (01/21/25)