Democrats urge Biden to sanction Smotrich, Ben-Gvir over West Bank violence

"We write to express our deep concern about the rise in settler violence, settlement expansion, and measures adopted to weaken the Palestinian Authority and otherwise destabilise the West Bank," Nearly 90 Democratic lawmakers say in a letter to Biden. The letter, signed by 17 senators and 71 House members, said Israeli settlers have carried out over 1,270 recorded attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank, averaging more than three violent attacks per day (Read more at TRTWorld).