Israeli settlers wait for Trump to reverse US sanctions
Amana, an Israeli organisation that backs illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, has denounced sanctions imposed on it by the US.
US authorities said Monday that they will impose sanctions on Amana and its construction branch, Binyanei Bar Amana, as well as others that have “ties to violent actors in the West Bank”.
But settlers are waiting for President-elect Donald Trump to take office in January to reverse the move.
“We are confident that with the change of administration in Washington and with proper and necessary action by the Israeli government, all sanctions will be lifted,” Amana said of Trump’s perceived leniency towards Israeli actions.
Yossi Dagan, Shomron Regional Council president, in charge of settlements in the northern West Bank, called the sanctions “the final act of the Biden administration, which is cynical and hostile towards the Near East’s only democracy”.
Israeli raid in occupied West Bank wounds 9 Palestinians
The Palestine Red Crescent Society says nine Palestinians have been injured by Israeli forces when they opened fire in the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank.
Israeli troops use Palestinian paramedics as ‘human shields’: PRCS
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says Israeli forces used one of its teams as human shields in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank.
Soldiers detained the paramedics inside a house “while they were en route to evacuate an injured person in the eastern neighbourhood of Jenin during a raid on the house”, the emergency service said.
Two Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Jenin
Two Palestinian men were killed by the Israeli army in the eastern region of the occupied West Bank city, the Health Ministry says.
Earlier, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said nine Palestinians were wounded by Israeli forces when they opened fire in Jenin.
