US imposes sanctions on four Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank | DW News

US President Joe Biden has issued an executive order imposing sanctions on Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank after a wave of violence.
The measures include financial and travel restrictions on four settlers accused of violent attacks on Palestinians. The Israeli prime minister's office has criticized the sanctions as unnecessary and described the vast majority of settlers as law-abiding.
For more on this, we talk to DW's Washington bureau chief Ines Pohl in Washington and DW special correspondent Aya Ibrahim in Jerusalem.
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[@user-qc1lu1wi9b]

There are 800.000 settlers in west bank

[@badluck5647]

Should sanction all the occupiers -- both Russian and Israeli

[@user-qc1lu1wi9b]

@@badluck5647 I love russia because they always protect africa from the colonizers.

[@trygd100]

🤡🤪

[@stewlew8449]

​@@user-qc1lu1wi9bhaha, they are just a different colonial power

[@major_dev]

@@stewlew8449 Russia colonized central asia, same time west colonizing africa

[@kedirassefa16]

The biggest joke of the century.

[@andersestes]

Why is media calling them settlers and not ocupiers? There are no such thing as law abiding occupiers. Are Russians in Ukraine settlers?

[@bobmcgee1202]

oc·cu·pant /ˈäkyəp(ə)nt/ noun a person who resides or is present in a house, vehicle, seat, place, etc., at a given time. oc·cu·pi·er /ˈäkyəˌpīər/ noun 1. BRITISH a person or company residing in or using a property as its owner or tenant, or (illegally) as a squatter. 2. a member of a group that takes possession of a country by force.

[@dubsar]

Israel in search of new Lebensraum...

[@luckm8852]

I suppose you mean occupiers

[@Xuung1403]

What means double standard. You should learn

[@andersestes]

@@luckm8852 yes. Thanks. Changed it

[@alibengizi7301]

Law abiding settller? How can anything an illegal settler do be legal, if they themselves are only where they are... illegally... We live in a time of grotesque hypocrisy.,

[@roeci6]

Because the situation is complicated . After the problems when the west bank gained independce, (the gang wars between gangs formed by ex police) and the following israeli intervention when that violence crossed in to israeli , west ban was seperated in to 3 aread :area a , b and c . A is completly ubder plo control , b israel has control over security and c is disputed internationally . Within the declaration that created these zones area c was not suposed to be settled by any party , both are in breach of this .

[@WalkOverHotCoal]

You need to understand that America itself, is a nation of settlers. The pilgrims took land from Native Americans, and even fought many wars against them. Hollywood helps along by the many cowboy and Indian movies, with predictably the Indians being the villains.

[@alibengizi7301]

@@roeci6grotesque hypocrisy

[@The_Stef]

Sanctions should be placed on the I. government that supports the settler activities, not on individuals.

[@yunshuiseng8]

BOTH!

[@user-qc1lu1wi9b]

The minister of the settler movement is daniella weis

[@loopeyange28]

@@yunshuiseng8agreed!

[@PavolFilek]

Sanctions need to be at USA and Israel to stop wars in GAZA and Ukraine.

[@TheTwangKings]

Indeed. US is way too soft on the Bibi thug.

[@gcoffey223]

4?? EMBARRASSING

[@ernst91]

At least it's something. You people will complain about everything. Why even bother doing anything then.

[@katarn999]

You don‘t get how important this is as a signal towards Israel, the world and also US voters, do you? The US never EVER sanctioned Israeli Settlers before this!! If it‘s four, twenty, a hundred... doesn‘t really matter. 😉

[@user-ry6xf1kv8g]

Exactly. Financial sanctions on 4 Israeli nationals, visa restrictions on dozens of individuals ( with the assumption they want to come to US). What a joke!

[@mastadon]

@@ernst91 ya if he sanctioned 1000 people, they will complain 1000 people only.

[@NgengeMkeni-uo5hq]

​@@ernst91This is typical Arab thing, they always complain.. only the Israeli knows how to deal with them because they don't listen to any of their complains

[@arfankhan1783]

Settlers should be barred from the uk and the USA

[@user-kn1uo9uy2i]

Exactly 💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@ryuuguu01]

And Canada. if they have duel citizenship they should face charges on returning to UK, US, and Canada. All these countries recognize the settlements as illegal.

[@Burzilman]

Do settlers ask Palestine to naturalise them? Needs moral ground to stand on.

[@ernie5229]

All of them? Maybe one or two, but all four? That seems unnecessarily extreme.

[@arfankhan1783]

@@ernie5229 lol 4 is so many

[@finnishyank7413]

Settlements are illegal under International Law thus no settler is law abiding.

[@dansmaljaj3796]

putin showed the world ,what international laws are worth 😂✌

[@Red-rw5ts]

Laughably sad:.just 4 individuals ... for 380 Palestinians dead, and a 1000 displaced in the west bank since oct 7

[@agustinherrera1575]

One of them was a American Palestine that is the reason they doing this

[@zlonewolf]

380 Palestinians? Are you joking? Its over 100 per day died so far. Its been 3 months. At LEAST over 10k dead.

[@0d1n253]

Wow 4 people!! Such a decisive and consequential policy change that will surely have a deterrent effect.

[@ninsemor]

so very true lol ... as if.

[@foxale08]

It kinda is though, our politicians are owned by Israel.

[@MagdiNonDuality]

How about stopping weapon sales (or gifts) to Israel? Thanks

[@mariocastro7379]

People of Palestine, keep your cameras on! It makes a difference!

[@victorsantana162]

We always hear the term terrorists instead of militants when talking about Hamas. What about Israeli settlers terrorists and IDF terrorists?

[@mes382]

"voluntary migration" instead of ethnic cleansing, when you own the media, you coin the terms

[@sagewalsh9702]

Thank you. Right on.

[@Kingshadow-ug8xl]

This is so unfair

[@JaNeeja86]

😂😂😂

[@user-fi2fk2ei7o]

Lebenstreum @@mes382

[@louistan7560]

Why not Netanyahu and the IDF? This shows the clear impotence of the US State Department when dealing with compatriots.

[@TheZombieman87]

And I should care about Palestine because...

[@Kloopen]

USA is turning into a circus 😅

[@ThMon]

You don’t have idea 😅

[@cate9882]

He's trying to win people back.😂😂

[@haweyorashid9419]

@@DG-ie5ip That is right he wants to pull voters if he sectioning anyone it should be the whole of Israel instead of sending booms.

[@user-ry6xf1kv8g]

With an executive order that has no meaningful impact. Nope, I will not vote for him.

[@johnnydoe3603]

Isn’t the Word Settler mean someone living on Occupied Land ? They’re Clearly breaking Law. 🤣🤣

[@WatchThis-ek2og]

Not necessarily, you can settle on unoccupied land.

[@floydwhatchacallit6823]

No, they just overlap 99% of the time.

[@sagewalsh9702]

It violates the UN 1948 mandate.

[@kyleg3159]

Settler just means a group of people moving to another country or area. Nothing about the land being occupied.

[@conniekabasharira7084]

​@@WatchThis-ek2ogand do we really have unoccupied land anywhere in the world?

[@shareika]

This is actually pretty clever. Four people? That's so ridiculously specific, it cannot be considered an official criticism of Israel's policies. But it is.

[@csharpe5787]

It’s not clever, we can see straight through it. it’s not acceptable, Israel must be held to account! Settlements must be removed and never be allowed to be build again!

[@shareika]

​@@csharpe5787 sure, sure...and how would you go about it, were you in Biden's place? I mean realistically.

[@midwestairway]

US internal politics is a mess, Isreal has powerful alliance in the US, just taking this step is almost a miracle lol

[@D-E-S_8559]

This "executive order" is NOT to protect Palestinians from the colonial settlers that are US dual citizens----this is the US protecting itself from the embarrassment of having to arrest and criminally charge those US passport holding dual citizens, or having them charged in civil courts for crimes against humanity..... This is a self-serving executive order, meant only to fool the Democrats voting base, that they are doing something---even when that something is truly really nothing..

[@malgorzataojoj4256]

@@shareika how to block them from using US financial tools? I don't think it's any problem. It's done a lot lately. they just won't be able to use US based services. Banks, credit cards, anything

[@nickmolinary2044]

Israel: accuses 12 UNRWA members of being Hamas without providing evidence. *US immediately cuts all funding to UNRWA while two million Palestinians are at risk of imminent death from starvation. South Africa: accuses Israeli state of genocide and its claims are upheld by the ICJ. *US immediately cuts a check to Israel and sanctions 4 Israelis.

[@ucheattoh]

enough evidence was presented

[@nickmolinary2044]

Then surely you wouldn't mind sharing it? @@ucheattoh

[@rickschroth9869]

Law abiding?? They are living illegally in West Bank !! Of course they ARE NOT LAW ABIDING! WTF?😅

[@mochir2516]

and then, the US turns around and gifts those very settlers shiny riffles to brandish in the faces of Palestinian farmers to traumatize them out of their ancestral land. Cosmic injustice.......

[@zlonewolf]

@nochir maybe Palestinians need to rise up then. They attack on Oct 7th and now complain. "Look at this mess." Dont start sheet next time.

[@nvmtt1403]

@@zlonewolf the problem is: the palestinians in west bank did not participate on the 7th october attacks. they thought they could peacefully co-exist. Ofc, they are soon going to be proven wrong, pla did and will not do anything to protect them. lessons learned the hard way are the ones best remembered.

[@Klote3241]

Did Netanyahu just say that settlers are law abiding? Pretty sure the UN and International Courts in the Hague all say that Settlers are illegal and need to be removed. your not law abiding if your a settler.

[@karttar341]

Bengwir and Smothrich. If you don't sanction those guys, the sanction is meaningless.

[@D-E-S_8559]

This "executive order" is NOT to protect Palestinians from the colonial settlers that are US dual citizens----this is the US protecting itself from the embarrassment of having to arrest and criminally charge those US passport holding dual citizens, or having them charged in civil courts for crimes against humanity.. This is a self-serving executive order, meant only to fool the Democrats voting base, that they are doing something---even when that something is truly really nothing....

[@joselimjoco3367]

Such gall!

[@D-E-S_8559]

@@joselimjoco3367 This "executive order" is NOT to protect Palestinians from the colonial settlers that are US dual citizens----this is the US protecting itself from the embarrassment of having to arrest and criminally charge those US passport holding dual citizens, or having them charged in civil courts for crimes against humanity..... This is a self-serving executive order, meant only to fool the Democrats voting base, that they are doing something---even when that something is truly really nothing....

[@Dave102693]

Exactly

[@CarlosM-iw4jw]

You forgot the head of the snake, Netanyahu.

[@stefankuhn7830]

Sanctioning 4 settlers is the most transparent fig-leaf I've ever seen.

[@bernadettefedgar9253]

Law abiding thieves

[@yunshuiseng8]

Maybe Biden wants to be able to say "Oh, I have done something against the bad settlers", when the International Court of Justice starts the public hearings for its "Advisory Opinion" concerning the "Legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem" on February 19, 2024.

[@Django1818]

I can't take this seriously; if they had a different background, they might be labeled differently, perhaps as terrorists.

[@cian6869]

Some look like red-headed vikings.

[@shy404usernotfound]

What does that mean??

[@votebrian66]

“A small number of settlers” DW always doing its best to soften the news

[@s.j.s601]

How to do nothing, and act like you're doing the most. Brought to you by the United States of America.

[@Dextermoon1]

How does a country sanction a neighborhood of people lol

[@SeeLasSee]

Individuals. It will limit their ability to own property and travel I the west. Maybe it could matter a lot, probably not.

[@user-nk9cq6bl7z]

It’s a scam it’s all a front

[@WatchThis-ek2og]

Good question

[@zlonewolf]

​@@user-nk9cq6bl7z its a start. What about Egypt or Qatar. The USA should not be the world police. Middle east countries are complicit for doing NOTHING so far as well. They are closer in ideology and religion.

[@SeeLasSee]

It will limit their ability to own property and travel in the west. Maybe it could matter a lot, probably not. Also it’s public shaming.

[@ryuuguu01]

I think the fact that a list now exists is important. Now adding more people to the list is much easier politically. Personally, I think it should include every illegal settler as the settlements are considered illegal by the US. Also, I would like to see Canada and European countries join these sanctions.

[@sgakm.manyida]

Would be a political message but in reality same as doing nothing against the illegal occupiers

[@dansmaljaj3796]

yes ...the same like in europe when they say ,they will do actions against illegal immigration

[@drreality1]

Let’s hope that he doesn’t backdown next week

[@wokeaf1337]

A sanction for you and for you, you and you. Everyone gets a sanction! The Age of Sanctions has begun!

[@-FALKOR]

Are Palestinians allowed to place settlements on Israeli land?

[@blackwatertv7018]

Considering it’s *their land* to begin with that’s an oxymoron

[@WatchThis-ek2og]

Sure, why not

[@conniekabasharira7084]

How, when they're not even freely allowed to move in their own country?

[@samuelross9884]

An interesting questionnaire for Palestinian Advocates: If you are so sure that "Palestine, the country, goes back through most of recorded history," I expect you to be able to answer a few basic questions about that country of Palestine: 1. When was it founded and by whom? 2. What were its borders? 3. What was its capital? 4. What were its major cities? 5. What constituted the basis of its economy? 6. What was its form of government? 7. Can you name at least one Palestinian leader before Arafat? 8. Was Palestine ever recognized by a country whose existence, at that time or now, leaves no room for interpretation? 9. What was the language of the country of Palestine ? 10. What was the prevalent religion of the country of Palestine ? 11. What was the name of its currency? Choose any date in history and tell what was the approximate exchange rate of the Palestinian monetary unit against the US dollar, German mark, GB pound, Japanese yen, or Chinese Yuan on that date. 12. And, finally, since there is no such country today, what caused its demise and when did it occur? You are lamenting the "low sinking" of a "once proud" nation. Please tell me, when exactly was that "nation" proud and what was it so proud of? And here is the least sarcastic question of all: If the people you mistakenly call "Palestinians" are anything but generic Arabs collected from all over -- or thrown out of -- the Arab world, if they really have a genuine ethnic identity that gives them right for self-determination, why did they never try to become independent until Arabs suffered their devastating defeat in the Six Day War? What historical evidence (Historians, documents, religious texts, etc.,) supports the claim that "Palestinians" owned and lived in Israel since time immemorial?

[@WatchThis-ek2og]

@@samuelross9884 nobody called it a country, and that's not even a part of the debate. A Statehood is not the same as a country.

[@Marlago-pv9tq]

Lets hear from the German government. Silence is deafening

[@vildanamuminovic5862]

AMERICAN TAX MONEY

[@ringring8938]

Wow, the US finally did something, despite how small it is.

[@nasreenahmed159]

Support Palestinian

[@MehediHasan-id8gf]

They are illegal settlers under international laws . How can they be law abiding? Hypocrisy level 😂

[@Ryka_Mac]

Daniella Weis, Smotrich and Gvir need to be stripped of powers and sent to prison for a start.

[@andypitt2848]

By definition…a settler can’t be “law abiding.” They are violating international law by squatting on others land.

[@Arch3r666]

Targetting those that will cause minimal to no difference... very weak move...

[@ryanreedgibson]

Not weak at all! It's a great first step. But people like you will always complain.

[@sagewalsh9702]

It is very important

[@zubairmusliyarakath6586]

A drop in the ocean! 4 out of 750,000 settlers! What US trying to show off! Absurd !

[@Lala.H.R]

4 people in over 75 years!!! Joke

[@Nadhriq00]

The whole illegal settlements should be sanctioned!

[@richarddefortune1329]

They keep building settlements in the West Bank in total disregard for the international laws.

[@michaeltrimble7680]

I didn’t think the US had any jurisdiction there, let alone the ability to enforce any such sanctions without the Isreali government.

[@AmityvilleFan]

They don't have. This is a smokescreen.

[@DSan-kl2yc]

They don't need jurisdiction to sanction. The sanction is removing access to something that provide essentially.

[@brijean5865]

The U.S goverment can do whatever tf it wants.

[@subzero3056]

​@@brijean5865 Yes if they mean business

[@joselimjoco3367]

​@brijean5865 . No They can't even touch Iran!

[@catherinehaenni6100]

Those sanctions should be expanded to every settler in the Westbank. They all are there in violation of International Law!! … and their settlement policy is sanctioned by the Israeli government!

[@dangerapple]

Could we get sancs against Wall Street on buying homes please

[@calj2090]

You can't be a law abiding settler....

[@AmityvilleFan]

Laughable.

[@afterglow5285]

"People say 'only four,' but this is a really good step for accountability. The importance lies in the legal framework; they can now exert pressure via sanctions, and Israel got the message that they need to chill. These sanctions are really bad for Israel, and, just like the ICJ ruling, the awareness around the world adds up. There is hope for Palestine.

[@dwikamil6115]

Israelis may stay in the land according to the bible. On the other hand, Palestinians are the indegineous people to the land based on facts, according to DNA testing, archaeological evidence, agreement among unbiased scholars. Both peoples have ties to the land but Palestinians have longer history of it you can't deny.

[@CodeLife_12]

It's not about who has been there in the past, it's about how the people there right now are being treated.

[@liar-liar]

The West hypocrisy 😂

[@somsaid2116]

Your name doesn't make it any better either😂😂😂

[@DEonaraR]

What a joke!!!! 😱

[@dgtheone]

USA doesn’t have the balls to criticise Israel.

[@nona-sb6ky]

Icj : Israël is probability committing genocide US and EU responses :let's continue supporting Israeli troops Israel: Unrwa should dispear US and EU: ok baby. Let's stop humanitarian aid

[@user-fi2fk2ei7o]

I'm Suprise German people didn't support these "God's Chosen " people doing their own Lebensraum in Palestine

[@willc1294]

Many of the extreme settlers are also US citizens. America won't move against their own.,

[@SeemoreDunkan]

I'm an Israeli and I agree with this. No sane person wants to live in those ''religious territories''

[@terrymckenzie8786]

How about the other 700,000 settlers.

[@terrysurface2501]

President Joke Biden

[@India_super_gay]

North Korea 🇰🇵 support Palestine 🇵🇸 South Korea 🇰🇷 support Israel 🇮🇱 Japan 🇯🇵 support Israel 🇮🇱 My respect for Kim Jong Un: 📈 📈 📈 Shame on Japan 🇯🇵 South Korea 🇰🇷

[@Theplug926]

Go live there then

[@sebraaap]

Shame on USA for doing this so late and so less to protect human rights

[@Kanukosan]

Four?!!!!!! How ridiculous!

[@dt6esdff413]

ridiculous

[@G.M85007]

Is this a surprise?? Israel always wanted to take the land from Palestine they have in the past and they will if they are not stop.

[@VinhLe-ee6em]

This is how sick this administration is

[@alexandretessier3246]

Poor Isreal. From victimes to agressors. Isreal do a lot effort to protect they war crimes

[@TauvicRitter]

International law forbids settlements. But our pension funds and other investors are investing their money in building more settlements. That seems not to be illegal, only morally wrong. How is that possible?

[@AlfredoEsqueda]

this does nothing, this is equivalent to sanctioning homeless in the United States.

[@livnletliv397]

700000 illegal settlers.... and we are overjoyed with action against four..... how pathetic U.S policy has been... that this miniscule action is all the rage

[@nofight975]

where did these settlers live before they settled there?

[@vivek1raja]

Brooklyn

[@user-xl4wo9gf8z]

Way down in a warm place below.

[@RamZar50]

How can you be a law-abiding Israeli settler in the West Bank where the settlements themselves are illegal…

[@jayoils123]

Law abiding but violating international law and occupying stolen land

[@honeywine3330]

This is clearly a joke.

[@adamwonder9607]

law abiding while stealing peoples land ?

[@2rurangwa]

You should have thought about it before signing out those weapons. It's actually you to be sanctioned or brought to justice.

[@JohnFelinn]

The West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem have been under occupation for 55+ years 😵, according to the international law and UN resolutions (1967-2023). I've come to believe that justice needs power to enforce it. 💛 ⚖❤

[@GraniteInTheFace]

Genocide is a banned word here for very specific reasons.

[@Applied_Theory]

But most settlers are US dual citizens and they don't need visas. Why not consider stopping the supply of arms?

[@tylermadison2073]

If he said all settlers, that would be good. But 4?

[@AzizFixe]

America must be kidding by sanctioning 4 individuals.

[@BurningFlame1999]

USA & EU capital = Tel Aviv, Israel

[@Sunopeek]

The Israeli government will respond by using US aid to finance them and offset the sanctions then ask the US for more money then wait till the sanctions expire and now they have more US aid for free. And the US taxpayer pays the price. Take care of your own people first. Why is that so hard?

[@hmmcinerney]

Settlers as law abiding…well examine that law.

[@oyster4545]

What about 2,80,000 other extremists?Stop illusive practices

[@A3Kr0n]

Israeli settlers aren't flying bombing raids on civilians. What's legal about illegal occupation?

[@aliciaspears7847]

How can he ask for more money for the war in Israel and then out of the other side of his mouth say this ? Who's side are WE on ?

[@2004yoboy]

4 occupiers 🤦🏻

[@TitanMoon746]

There are atleast 500 000 Israelis there. 4 just shows how little Israelis are involved in violence. However most Palestinians support violence, as seen in the 82% support for Oct 7th

[@India_super_gay]

Russia 🇷🇺 support Palestine 🇵🇸 Ukraine 🇺🇦 support Israel 🇮🇱 My respect for Vladimir Putin 🇷🇺: 📈 📈 📈 Shame on Volodymyr Zelenskyy 🇺🇦

[@blackwatertv7018]

🇷🇺 🤖

[@unreal4good367]

​@@DG-ie5ipRussia isn't even communist ever since independence on 1991. Are you good?

[@andzagatsheni521]

Not Israel but a few people . America is playing man

[@theslaughterdjdistortion5155]

They are terrorists not extremists

[@pierrefraisse8610]

1:00 Wouldn't it be simpler to directly put Israel, whose army helps these settlers, on the list of terrorist states?.

[@AdelbertEnyedi]

How many tens of thousands of armed US citizens live in the West Bank?

[@ArL467]

“Settlers”? These are the indigenous people in their ancestral homeland. 🇮🇱

[@unreal4good367]

Religion or a religious book aren't international law so yes they are settlers. all the other countries in the world say so as well. They're illegal according to the UN. "returning to their homeland" displaces Palestinians in the process so are they good people knowing they displace people just for their own benefit? Lastly it was given to their ancestors, not them. None of them were alive during that time. By your logic its okay for Russia to invade Ukraine unless you have double standards.

[@zigalisjak]

4?? Bro... 😂

[@James-mg1oj]

Election year con