Washington will impose sanctions on the Israeli army for the first time – Respublika.lt

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Presumably, the upcoming presidential election has forced the US to talk about sanctions against the CAHAL unit that is violent against civilians. Associative EPA-Elta photo.

The United States is ready for the first time to apply sanctions to the Netcah Yehuda battalion of the Israeli army (CAHAL), according to Axios portal, citing sources familiar with the situation. According to them, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken should announce the decisions made in the next few days.

The United States is ready for the first time to apply sanctions to the Netcah Yehuda battalion of the Israeli army (CAHAL), according to Axios portal, citing sources familiar with the situation. According to them, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken should announce the decisions made in the next few days.

The sources specified that Netcah Yehuda will be sanctioned for human rights violations in the West Bank of the Jordan River – the Palestinian territory controlled by the Israeli army. One of the interlocutors indicated that it is about incidents recorded before the Hamas group in 2023. attack in October.

The restrictions will prevent the battalion and its soldiers from receiving any American aid, including training. The source assured that other units of CAHAL and the police are also being checked, but they will not be sanctioned and will be instructed to remove the violations found.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacted to the talk about the possible introduction of sanctions. He wrote on the social network “X” that taking such actions against CAHAL at a time when it is fighting with “Hamas” is the height of absurdity and moral decline, and assured that the Government will try to prevent it.

The Netcah Yehuda Battalion is a special, all-male ultra-Orthodox unit. Axios says it welcomes right-wing youth who have not been accepted by other CAHAL units.

The investigation into the unit was started back in 2022. at the end The soldiers were then accused of violent acts against Palestinian civilians, including the death of Palestinian-American Omar Assad in 2022. in January Assad was detained by the military at a checkpoint set up on the West Bank of the Jordan River, near the village where he lived. When the man refused to be searched, he was handcuffed, gagged and left in the cold. A few hours later, Assad died.

in 2023 In January, the battalion was transferred from the West Bank to the Golan Heights. Then the newspaper “Haaretz” wrote that the decision was taken because of the continuous violence of the soldiers against Palestinian civilians.

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