Trump cancels sanctions on Israeli settlers in West Bank
Trump cancels sanctions on Israeli settlers in West Bank
By Jonathan Landay and Humeyra Pamuk
Summary
Donald Trump rescinded sanctions imposed by the Biden administration on Israeli settler groups and individuals accused of violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.
The sanctions, established under Executive Order 14115 in 2024, targeted those "undermining peace, security, and stability" and froze U.S. assets of sanctioned individuals.
This marks a reversal of Biden’s policy aimed at curbing settler violence and supporting a two-state solution.
Trump’s decision aligns with his previous support for Israeli settlements, which most countries consider illegal under international law.
I see a lot of neoliberal fascist democrats in this thread, seeing a lot more of them on lemmy.world now. They'll sooner blame a "tankie" on the internet than their own beloved party who sold out to fascists. Neolibs still haven't figured out that red/blue are just two sides of the same fascist coin, and are quick to turn on other leftists (because they're actually right wing af)
Where are my lemmygrad Russian trolls now???
Out celebrating that they didn't vote for Genocide™
This will surely help peace.
So, Israel bought a bunch of his coins?
Ding ding ding.
The existence of this coin is two fold.
- wash bribe money.
- Scam the voters.
The 53 days have started.
This is so terrifyingly close to what we see in the US... Is this an accurate representation of the historical facts? Is this really not historical manipulation to sound like what is happening today? I cannot discern truth from lies here :'(
I have my anti-confirmation-bias-bias activating strong while reading this article
edit: raising suspicion is that I could not find evidence that nazis used "draining the swamp" refering to the parliament
According to the author about page: Timothy W. Ryback is a historian and director of the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation in The Hague. He is the author of several books on Hitler’s Germany
Whether it was a reference to parliament, I don't know. Politicians often leave stuff ambiguous so they can abuse the symbolism. After all, nobody wants to live in a swamp. There's also an overlapping period between far right Germans and Nazis. Here's a poster that calls to get out of the swamp: "Heraus aus dem Sumpf"
I mostly posted the article because of the included facts and resemblances. Which I think is most important here.
Hitler opened the meeting by boasting that millions of Germans had welcomed his chancellorship with “jubilation,” then outlined his plans for expunging key government officials and filling their positions with loyalists. At this point he turned to his main agenda item: the empowering law that, he argued, would give him the time (four years, according to the stipulations laid out in the draft of the law) and the authority necessary to make good on his campaign promises to revive the economy, reduce unemployment, increase military spending, withdraw from international treaty obligations, purge the country of foreigners he claimed were “poisoning” the blood of the nation, and exact revenge on political opponents. “Heads will roll in the sand,” Hitler had vowed at one rally.
Sounds about right in line
The 53 days have started.
And folks are holding this up as evidence that Trump is "better" on Gaza.
Damn the similarities are uncanny.....
At least we don't have Genocide Joe! (/s in case I actually need to write that)
So what's your point?
Was this election so unimportant to the Democrats that they couldn't pressure Israel into a ceasefire in October?
Biden had all the power for the past 15 months. Failing to deliver anything and claiming they are "working tirelessly" can only mean incompetence or deception on the part of Democrats.
Blaming Palestinian-Americsns for staying home when American bombs were killing their families is just such a weak take.
You read: "At least we don't have Genocide Joe! (Sarcasm indicated)"
You responded to: "Those damn Palestinians costing us the election! How dare they!"
Please re-read the comment. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Waffling+the+Pancakes
Yea! We just had to teach bLueMagA a lesson at the polls this particular election cycle
This might come off as funny if it weren't for the fact that "genocide Joe" is entirely fair.
After literal decades of trying to convince the Democratic establishment that being marginally better than the fascists isn't "good enough", I don't personally have much tolerance for scolding voters. Maybe this election could have been won, but the eventual outcome was inevitable. Neoliberalism is woefully incapable of restraining fascism.
I know it's an unpopular opinion, but I hate the term "Genocide Joe":
- it doesn't put enough fault on Netanyahu
- its an in group term, if you are in the group you know what it means, if not its either has no meaning, or is taken too literally/incorrectly.
- The middle east is a mess, we make it worse in every attempt to improve it, but some of those religiously using this phrase I don't think want peace, just wish a different group was winning. This is a small subset of those using the phrase, but seem to be driving the political outcome by an oversized amount.
See the expression should be Netanyahu is treating the Palestinians like Hitler did the Jews. So why are we [Joe/Harris] so blindly following this.
And I know the political answer to this is Joe/Harris were trying to use there position for political pressure.. I'd say it failed but they did get a last min ceasefire, so history may prove otherwise.
"marginally better?" Really? Guess when you're just that far out everything on the horizon looks similar.
At least centrists didn't have to abandon their support for genocide.
Leftists have full on embraced it.
But I was told buy a guy at work that the war would be over within 24 hours!
You didn't ask how it'd end...
Perhaps he meant a different war. The Sudanese civil war perhaps? No one is talking about that.
The only real way to curb settlers violence and support a two state solution is no more weapon at all to israel and global sanctions on the israeli state itself. Something the two genocidal parties would never do
That would be nice. But one party’s voters think that Arabs deserve no quarter. The other party’s voters are somewhat split and nuanced on the issue. So if you want only zero funding for Israel, or no vote, you’re going to get the party who believes in no mercy, kill all Muslims, and annex all of Palestinian lands yesterday.
That would be nice. But one party’s voters think that Arabs deserve no quarter. The other party’s voters are somewhat split and nuanced on the issue. So if you want only zero funding for Israel you’re going to get the party who believes in no mercy, kill all Muslims, and annex all of Palestinian lands yesterday.
I heard Kamala's policy is bad for Palestinian from here and also the Palestinian community in US. Happy now?
Seriously, when will you people get around to understanding that sometimes a bad choice is still better than the alternative.
For instance-
I’d rather have a head cold than cancer.
The vast majority of people who criticized Kamala online still voted for her. They knew the cost.
The problem is voters who don't pay as close of attention, who only vote based on single issues, which we have a lot of in the USA.
I'd sure be happy if we were just starting Bernie's second term. With third way neoliberalism still firmly in control of the Democrats, an eventual fall to fascists was inevitable. It just happened to be this election.
This marks a reversal of Biden’s policy aimed at curbing settler violence and supporting a two-state solution.
He's gone, you don’t have to keep pandering to his fake ass policy that totally wasn't full send arms to Israel for 15 months. Blinken clocked out as well.
Not to mention we were all here when these sanctions got announced, rescinded, and then reannounced, in case it wasn't already clear a few settlers would likely never be traveling to the USA.
He’s gone, you don’t have to keep pandering to his fake ass policy that totally wasn’t full send arms to Israel for 15 months
At least it was something. Trump full on recognized the settlements, giving legitimacy and urging Netanyahu to escalate further. You don't need to pretend like you havent completely fucked over every palestinian by not voting Harris.
Uh... Y'all do realize these "sanctions" meant basically nothing right? Cry about Gaza non-voters when he actually does something (which he will don't get me wrong, but this is just weak).
Great job genociding palestine.
It's not about the actual move here. It's about what this signals. It's a flashing warning sign: Trump does not give a flying fuck about Palestine, and he is willing to do favors for genocidal maniacs on demand.