The situation in the West Bank, in particular high levels of extremist settler violence, forced displacement of people and villages, and property destruction, has reached intolerable levels, the order reads, dubbing the unprecedented levels of settler violence a threat to both the region and to U.S. personnel and interests.
Matt Duss, the executive vice president of the Center for International Policy and a former chief foreign policy advisor to Sen. Bernie Sanders, told TIME the move constitutes a big step by the Biden administration and could be a potentially very big tool.
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