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The head of Israel's Shin Bet security agency, Ronen Bar, criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, National Security Minister ITamar Ben-Gvir and others for the spiraling terror of Jewish immigrants in the West Bank. Bar said the actions of Jewish extremists in the West Bank, known as Hilltop Youth, who are waging a campaign of murder, arson and intimidation against Palestinians, should be classified as terrorism, not crime.
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Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares announced that his country had begun the process of sanctioning the "first group of 12 aggressive Israeli settlers" in the West Bank. "Silence and inaction always work to the detriment of the victims," said the representative of Spain, who is showing courage and will that is absent in Muslim countries.
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US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order imposing sanctions against extremist Jewish settlers who have committed violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. This is mentioned in the written statement of the White House.
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