The United States Treasury Department claims that a 'violent settler group' has repeatedly attacked Palestinians and destroyed their property, as reported by the Times of Israel.
Here's what the Treasury had to say on this matter: “Through these violent activities, ‘Hilltop Youth’ is actively destabilizing the West Bank and harming the peace and security of Palestinians and Israelis alike."
Bradley Smith, acting under secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence added that "The worsening violence and instability in the West Bank are detrimental to the long-term interests of Israelis and Palestinians, and the actions of violent organizations like Hilltop Youth only exacerbate the crisis.”
Although this is far from the first time that America has slapped sanctions onto what they refer to as 'extremist settler groups' in the West Bank, the timing of this particularly bizarre, with Iran threatening to strike Israel in retaliation for Netanyahu's assassinating the Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and the whole region teetering on the brink of what could be the next World War.
The truth is that we in Israel have come to expect nothing less from our closest ally as it has let us down time and gain fro the past eleven months, even withholding crucial weapons as we are in a fight for our lives and homeland.
Well done, America.
Well done indeed.
