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US announces new sanctions on Israeli settlers over violence

The US has announced new sanctions on Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank over violence against Palestinians, urging its ally Israel to bring greater accountability.

“Extremist settler violence in the West Bank causes intense human suffering, harms Israel’s security, and undermines the prospect for peace and stability in the region,” State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement, adding that it was “critical” for Israel to hold them accountable.

Are they going to follow through this time or retract them again...

Netanyahu says he views new US sanctions on settlers with ‘utmost severity’

Israel’s prime minister has reacted to new US sanctions targeting Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank over violent attacks against Palestinians, pushing back against them and promising a “pointed discussion” with US officials over the decision.

“Israel views with utmost severity the imposition of sanctions on citizens of Israel,” Netanyahu said.

More lies.

Fate of the ceasefire deal is in US' hands. There won't be a ceasefire as long as the US unconditionally keeps on funding the ongoing genocide.

Fate of ceasefire deal in Hamas leader’s hands, US intel official says

The fate of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas is “largely a question that is going to be answered” by the leader of Hamas, Deputy CIA Director David Cohen says.

Cohen did not refer to Hamas’s leader, Yahya Sinwar, by name. The Israelis were showing seriousness in the negotiations, Cohen told an intelligence and national security summit in Washington, DC.

Mediators from the US, Egypt and Qatar have been working to strike a deal between the two sides and prevent a broader regional war.

On those efforts, Cohen said: “There may be episodes where people would step back from the brink, but I don’t think anybody can be confident that that effort to control escalation is something that … any party in that region” can control.

In the latest talks in Cairo, Hamas’s delegation rejected new conditions the Israelis put forward and demanded Israel be bound by what was agreed upon on July 2, in accordance with a plan laid out by US President Joe Biden and a UN Security Council resolution.

Jordan calls for ‘more effective American position’ to stop catastrophe: Report

Jordan’s King Abdullah II has “warned of the seriousness of developments in the West Bank” and called for a “more effective American position to stop the humanitarian catastrophe” in the Gaza Strip, the Wafa news agency has reported.

He made the comments during a meeting with a delegation of the US Congress at Al-Husseiniya Palace in Amman, according to a statement by the Jordanian Royal Court.

He noted “the attacks by colonists and extremists against the Palestinians, and to the violations against Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem that will lead to the escalation of violence”, Wafa reported.

The king called for “the United States to play a more effective role in pushing to stop the humanitarian catastrophe in the Strip, and to find a political horizon to achieve a just and comprehensive peace based on the two-state solution”.