Gush Etzion Regional Council Governer and Yesha Council Chairman, Shlomo Ne’eman, reacted on Thursday to the sanctions applied to four residents of Judea and Samaria by the United States
“A heap of anti-Semitism birthed falsehoods. After launching a vicious campaign and through great effort, the United States has located only four people who they believe deserve to be sanctioned," Ne'eman stated.
"This makes it clear that there is no phenomenon of violence, as the radical left-wing organizations were claiming.
And yet the Biden administration chooses to play their game and draw a comparison between the actions of Hamas Nazis against Israelis in Judea and Samaria and our residents. This is an embarrassment to our intelligence and a disgrace to the values of the free world," he added.
The Chairman concluded: "We demand that the Israeli government not lend a hand in this ugly game and continue to develop the enterprise of communities in Judea and Samaria. The Israeli government should not assist in the discrimination of our population. The residents of Judea and Samaria are a national source of pride and a symbol of beautiful Israel, which is strong and brave. Together we will win [the war].”
US President Joe Biden on Thursday signed an executive order declaring a national emergency to deal with the "threat posed by the situation in the West Bank, including in particular high levels of extremist settler violence, forced displacement of people and villages, and property destruction," imposing sanctions on those who were considered to be involved in such actions.
The State Department listed four individuals who will be subject to the sanctions: David Chai Chasdai, Einan Tanjil, Shalom Zicherman, and Yinon Levi.
Pof. Eugene Kontorovich commented: The new sanctions tools against Israelis announced by the Biden Administration is not about settler violence. First, it does not require acts of violence - anyone vaguely involved in doing or not doing anything the WH thinks undermines "peace" and "security" in WB qualifies.
As to violence, the language of the Order does applies to anyone complicit in acts of violence in WB - which should mean the entire PA government should have their accounts frozen because of Pay-for-Slay, which federal law has already determined to be complicity in violence. But we know that won't happen, because this is really a set of sanctions on Jews the Administration doesn't like - a revolting response to Oct. 7th.
It will be a massive focus of lobbying by far left groups to target pretty much any Israeli entity in the West Bank, as they see them all as undermining "security." This and a Palestinian state is how Biden plans to get reelected.
