Biden urged to include politicians in sanctions on violent Israeli settlers

Human rights groups also want to see executive order used to stop US groups from donating millions of dollars each year to settlers

There are growing calls for Joe Biden to use his new executive order sanctioning violent Israeli settlers to also target political leaders, including government ministers, responsible for driving attacks against Palestinians.

Pro-Israel groups and others in the US say the order is potentially a severe blow to the settlement movement in the West Bank, in part because financial sanctions could block even Israeli banks from doing business in parts of the occupied territories.