Sanctions just 7 settlers instead of the state directly backing settlements and can't even keep that up. Fucking pathetic.

Because Israel will blackmail the USA and expand their genocide even more.

The American folding comes in the wake of Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's threat to collapse the Palestinian economy, as revealed in Israel Hayom

And now these fascists will use that as a threat to extort the USA at every step. They must be completely cut off from US aid.

The world power needs to understand that it has crossed the line

So showing any backbone is crossing the line? Wow.

all palestinian violence against israel is self-defense.

He's got a "complicit in genocide" reputation to upkeep after all.

Settler colonialism is one of the most vile, disgusting crimes against humanity, and it is our duty to move in favor of liberation for all peoples.

There's useless and then there's you people.

If I'm reading this correctly, this decision was made because Smotrich threatened to sever all Israeli banking relations with the Palestinian Authority, which since the PA depends on Israeli banks to function, would have ruined the Palestinian government in the West Bank. I don't like that this is how it's going down, but definitely see the rationale, and don't think the Biden Admin is wrong to protect the PA. There's plenty criticism to heap on the US for their relationship with Israel, but I don't think this is one of them. The problem here is Smotrich and the Netanyahu government.

If people took half of the energy they spend shaming people for not adhering to the two-party system and turned it to pressuring Biden to be a better candidate he'd have switched positions by now