Drawing equivalency between Settlers and Hamas will only embolden Palestinian terrorists to continue their campaign to eliminate Israel
According to the State Department, Levi led a group of settlers who created an atmosphere of fear in the West Bank.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday said he was considering imposing sanctions on "extremist" settlers in the West Bank.
Trudeau's comments add to signs of the West's growing displeasure with the policies of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
American Jews react to President Biden's targeted sanctions against Israeli settlers who commit violence.
"There is no justification for extremist violence against civilians, whatever their national origin, ethnicity, or religion."
The order was set to be released later Thursday, according to the documents and the US official, and is expected to include sanctions against the settlers, the news outlet reported.
There has not been a significant increase in Jews being violent against Arabs in Judea and Samaria since the beginning of the current Gaza war compared to the period of January-July 2023
Jews, including “extremist settlers,” are not waking up in the morning thinking about how to go out and murder innocent Palestinian civilians.
"This land is Palestinian and will be part of a Palestinian state," Catherine Colonna told a news conference in Beirut after a two-day visit to Israel, Ramallah and Lebanon.
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