Politico learned about Biden's order on sanctions due to attacks on Palestinians

Secretary of State Blinken and Treasury Secretary Yellen received instructions. They are directed to “develop policy options for swift action against those responsible for violence in the West Bank,” writes US President Joe Biden

US President Joe Biden has instructed his administration to prepare visa restrictions and sanctions against Israeli settlers attacking and displacing Palestinians in the West Bank, Politico writes, citing an internal document read to the publication by a senior US official.

In particular, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen received instructions. Their agencies are directed to “develop policy options for swift action against those responsible for violence in the West Bank.”

According to the publication, the sanctions will be aimed at individuals who “directly or indirectly participated in actions or policies that threaten the security or stability of the West Bank,” took steps to displace residents, as well as actions that violate human rights and undermine efforts to create two states.

The American leader views settler violence as a “serious threat” to peace between Israelis and Palestinians and destabilization of the entire Middle East, Politico notes.

Biden, writing in The Washington Post, expressed a willingness to impose visa restrictions “on extremists attacking civilians in the West Bank.” He said he called on Israeli authorities to stop “extremist violence against Palestinians” and bring to justice those involved.

The president believes a two-state solution is “the only way to ensure long-term security for both the Israeli and Palestinian people.” “The Palestinian people deserve their own state and a future free from Hamas,” he stressed in the article.

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Achieving this will require commitment from Israel and Palestine, as well as from the United States and its allies and partners, he said. “This work must begin now,” the leader noted.

Biden also will not allow the Gaza Strip to continue to be used “as a platform for terrorism,” “no forced displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, no reoccupation, no siege or blockade, and no reduction of territory.” Gaza and the West Bank must be reunited “under a single governance structure, ultimately under a renewed Palestinian Authority,” he said.