Top Democrats accuse Trump officials over Israeli settlers’ ‘unbridled violence’

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Top Democrats accused the Trump administration of enabling violent Israeli settlers in the West Bank by lifting sanctions, which allegedly encouraged unrestrained violence. They called for reinstating sanctions and independent investigations into the deaths of US citizens in the region.

Letter says lifting of sanctions sent ‘clear message’ settlers can use deadly force in West Bank without consequences Senior Democrats have accused Donald Trump’s administration of giving a green light to violent Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, warning that its policies created “a climate of impunity and unbridled violence” that endangers both Palestinians and US citizens. In a letter seen by the Guardian, a group of 19 Democratic senators and representatives call for the restoration of sanctions against extremist settlers and demand independent US investigations into the deaths of nine US citizens killed in the West Bank since 2022. Continue reading...