US Warns Israel about Violence in the West Bank and Threats of Sanctions

Sources speaking to Haaretz newspaper claimed that the Washington administration had recently warned the Israeli army harshly due to the violence of fanatic Israelis in the occupied West Bank.

Sources claim that senior figures in the Trump administration follow the violence in the West Bank closely and with concern, and that the US officials in question are aware that those who carried out the violence were not just a "small group" as claimed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Sources speaking to the newspaper stated that the Trump administration is reviewing a series of sanctions in response to the violence.

It was reported that these measures are expected to be taken after the elections to be held in Israel on October 27 and the midterm elections to be held in the USA a week later.

It was claimed that the Washington administration was considering imposing sanctions on Israeli military units that engaged in violence against Palestinians and banning the use of US-made weapons in some regions.

Sources stated that the US administration also warned Tel Aviv that they might have to create a blacklist to identify army and police members who turned a blind eye to the attacks of Israelis who usurped Palestinian lands.

Sources stated that US officials warned their Israeli counterparts about the risks of illegal settlement projects in the West Bank, and that concern about the Tel Aviv administration's obvious role in the violence in the West Bank and its failure to take action is increasing.

Allegations that the Washington administration was considering imposing sanctions against "settler violence" in the West Bank coincided with a period in which support for Israel in the United States was gradually decreasing.

Led by Britain, France and Canada, 12 Western countries took steps to ban trade and business relations with illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

The Israelis, who usurped Palestinian lands with the Israeli army, carried out 2,051 attacks on Palestinians, agricultural lands and properties in the occupied West Bank in September alone.

Since October 2023, when Israel launched its attacks on the Gaza Strip, there has been an increase in detentions, raids and attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.