Among Israeli and Palestinian leaders, reactions to Biden administration sanctions against West Bank settlers fell predictably along ethnic and ideological lines, from far-right Jewish nationalists who denounced the penalties as unjust to Arabs who said they did not go far enough.
The sanctions announced on Thursday came in response to violence by Jewish settler extremists, which has increased sharply in recent months.
“4 settlers?!
Pathetic,” Ahmad Tibi, an Arab member of the Israeli Parliament, wrote on X.
“The ‘settler violence’ campaign is an anti-Semitic lie spread by Israel’s enemies,” Mr. Smotrich wrote on X, though such violence has been amply documented.
Persons:
Biden, ” Ahmad Tibi, Bezalel Smotrich, Itamar Ben, ” Mr, Smotrich, Yossi Dagan, “
Organizations:
West Bank
Locations:
West