President Biden imposed sanctions on Israeli settlers in the West Bank after the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Abdel Jabbar, a U.S. citizen visiting the area.
President Biden imposed sanctions on Israeli settlers in the West Bank on Thursday after a 17-year-old American citizen was shot and killed there last month.
A White House announcement of the executive order states that «extremist settler violence» reached record levels in the West Bank in 2023. The sanctions will ban dozens of settlers and their families from traveling to or conducting business in the U.S.
The order specifically applies to settlers who make «acts or threats of violence against civilians, intimidate civilians to cause them to leave their homes, destroy or seize property, or engage in terrorist activity in the West Bank.»
The move comes after 17-year-old Abdel Jabbar, a U.S. citizen, was allegedly shot and killed by an Israeli settler while visiting the West Bank last month. Jabbar’s family says he was visiting the area in order to learn more about his Palestinian heritage.
Jabbar was killed while driving a vehicle with his friend, 16-year-old Mohammed Salameh.
