Democrats propose asset freezes, visa bans and import restrictions over Israeli settlements
The House bill would target officials and companies driving settlement expansion and ban settlement imports, as Democrats increasingly seek economic penalties for Israeli policies they say threaten Palestinian statehood and a two-state solution
Democratic legislators have introduced a bill aimed at imposing sanctions on Israel's expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank and Gaza. Six representatives - Joaquin Castro, Madeleine Dean, Don Beyer, Greg Casar, Sara Jacobs, and Veronica Escobar - are spearheading the Stop the Settlements Act. The legislation would prohibit new construction or expansion of settlements, and impose sanctions on goods produced within these settlements and outposts.
Representative Castro, in a statement, decried the "violent land grab" by settlers, arguing that sanctions could halt the dispossession of Palestinians. The bill represents a growing push from the Democratic party to pressure Israel over its settlement policies.
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