Biden’s intention to sanction settlers; Real step or election gesture?

U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order on Thursday to allow the imposition of new sanctions against a group of Israeli settlers who are involved in violent attacks against Palestinians.
Axios base with a report This news, quoting two American officials, claimed that these sanctions may also include Israeli politicians and government officials. The public in the United States and the world will comment amid intensifying criticism of the Biden administration for its comprehensive support for Israel in the #Gaza_war with more than 26,000 dead and tens of thousands injured.

From today On October 7, when Israel’s operation in Gaza began, the attacks of settler groups against Palestinians have intensified. The United Nations Office of Humanitarian Affairs says that since then, nearly 500 attacks have been carried out by Israeli settlers against Palestinians. The Cabinet of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims that he has taken effective measures to deal with this issue in the past two months and that these measures have reduced the number of violent attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank.

On the other hand, some observers have rejected this Israeli claim and believe that the settlers’ attacks are carried out with the tacit approval of Netanyahu’s right-wing cabinet. In addition, statistics indicate that the Israeli army has increased its attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank after the beginning of the Gaza war and has killed more than 120 Palestinians.

Axius website claims that Joe Biden has conveyed his concerns about settler violence to Netanyahu’s cabinet several times. In November, he allegedly ordered the foreign and treasury ministers to prepare sanctions against individuals and entities involved in violent attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank. A few weeks later, #Anthony_Blinken, the US Secretary of State, issued a travel ban on some settlers who are believed to be involved in attacks against Palestinians and placed restrictions on their possible travel to the United States.

These sanctions are imposed in a situation where public pressure on Biden to try to establish a ceasefire in Gaza has intensified and he, in particular, He is aware of the consequences of these pressures, especially on his voter base among the Democratic Party supporters. The American election will leave a more negative impact on Joe Biden’s voter base than his main potential rival, “Donald Trump.” It showed that 51% of potential voters for Biden considered Israel’s actions to be genocide, while this figure for Trump voters was only 12%; also, 20% of those who voted for Biden said that Israel’s actions are not an example of genocide, while this The figure for Trump voters is 67 percent.