U.S. poised to sanction IDF battalion

[Jayhawker Soule]

The Times of Israel reports:

Israel government agast as US said poised to sanction notorious IDF batallion (sic)​

The Biden administration is slated to announce sanctions against the IDF’s Netzah Yehuda battalion for alleged human rights abuses against Palestinians in the West Bank, the Axios news site reported on Saturday. It would be the first time the US has ever taken such a step.​

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The battalion has been at the center of several controversies in the past connected to right-wing extremism and violence against Palestinians, notably including the 2022 death of Omar As’ad, a 78-year-old Palestinian-American who died after being detained, handcuffed, blindfolded, and later abandoned in near-freezing conditions by soldiers of the battalion.​

See also

Scoop: U.S. expected to sanction IDF unit for human rights violations in West Bank​

and

U.S. targets ultranationalist Israeli minister in new round of sanctions​

To be filed under "better late than never."

 

[libre]

I wonder how deep Blinken's 'List of organizations to hold accountable if we have a PR crisis' file folder goes.

 

[Revoltingest]

To be filed under "better late than never."

My quick & apparently feckless approval didn't
spot exactly what these "sanctions" are to be.
So I wonder just what it is that's better than
Biden's history of mild tongue lashings?
Or will it be "better late never than never".