The Cradle @TheCradleMedia US President Donald Trump has lifted sanctions imposed by his predecessor on extremist Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.
Just hours after being sworn in for a second term, the Trump administration announced late Monday that the president had rescinded Biden’s sanctions.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich welcomed Trump’s decision, stating:
"I sincerely thank President Donald Trump for his just decision to lift the sanctions imposed by the Biden administration against settlers and activists in right-wing organizations," he wrote on X. "These sanctions were a severe and blatant foreign intervention in Israel's internal affairs and an unjustified violation of democratic principles and the mutual respect that should guide relations between friendly nations."
Itamar Ben-Gvir, the former Israeli National Security Minister, described Trump’s cancellation of the sanctions as "historic."
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