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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Al Jazeera Staff

Why has US President Trump removed sanctions on Israeli settlers?

A view of the illegal Israeli settlement Shilo near the Palestinian town of Turmus Aya near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 9, 2024 [Mohammed Torokman/Reuters]

Among the host of executive orders signed by United States President Donald Trump following his inauguration on Monday was the lifting of sanctions imposed on more than 30 Israeli settler groups and entities by the administration of former President Joe Biden.

Settler violence has long been a fact of life for Palestinians living within the occupied West Bank. But attacks and the theft of Palestinian land have soared since the beginning of Israel’s war on Gaza.

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