{"id":2267899,"date":"2024-06-14T13:25:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T17:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-sanctions-right-wing-israeli-group-for-blocking-aid-to-gaza\/"},"modified":"2024-06-14T13:28:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T17:28:00","slug":"state-department-sanctions-right-wing-israeli-group-for-blocking-aid-to-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-sanctions-right-wing-israeli-group-for-blocking-aid-to-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"State Department imposes sanctions on right-wing Israeli group for obstructing aid to Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstate-department-sanctions-right-wing-israeli-group-for-blocking-aid-to-gaza%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2267899&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The U.S.\u200b State Department has imposed sanctions on\u200b Tzav 9, a \u200bright-wing Israeli group involved in\u2064 disrupting and vandalizing aid meant for Gaza. Tzav\u200d 9&#8217;s activities have\u200c included harassing aid \u200cconvoys, obstructing roads,\u200d dumping humanitarian aid, and setting fire to aid trucks in the West \u2062Bank. U.S. National Security Adviser Jake\u2062 Sullivan condemned these actions as a &#8220;total outrage,&#8221; criticizing the attacks on efforts to provide necessary assistance to\u2064 Gaza.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>State Department<\/a> announced sanctions on Friday against a right-wing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israeli<\/a> group that has been blocking and destroying aid intended for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gaza<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This group, Tzav 9, has blocked, harassed, and damaged convoys carrying aid, blocked roads, and dumped life-saving humanitarian aid onto the street, and it set fire to two aid trucks in the West Bank last month, the department\u2019s announcement said.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-got-it-newsmax-reporter-emerald-robinson-national-security-source-confirms-a-piece-of-hardware-has-been-secured-in-germany\/\" title=\"We Got It! - Newsmax Reporter Emerald Robinson: National Security Source Confirms \"A Piece of Hardware Has Been Secured\" in Germany\">national security<\/a> adviser Jake Sullivan said last month it was \u201ca total outrage that there are people who are attacking and looting these convoys coming from Jordan and going to Gaza to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blinken-off-to-mideast-to-secure-gaza-truce-push-for-aid\/\" title=\"Blinken Off to Mideast to Secure Gaza Truce, Push for Aid\">deliver humanitarian assistance<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>These sanctions will be imposed under President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden\u2019s<\/a> February executive order on West Bank violence, which has been used to sanction Jewish settlers in the West Bank who have been involved in attacks on Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not tolerate acts of sabotage and violence targeting this essential humanitarian assistance,\u201d State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement.\u00a0\u201cWe will continue to use all tools at our disposal to promote accountability for those who attempt or undertake such heinous acts, and we expect and urge that Israeli authorities do the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All of Gaza\u2019s roughly 2.2 million people are facing the threat of famine. Given Gaza\u2019s geography, aid can only enter aerially, via the Mediterranean Sea, and its land borders with Egypt and Israel, though none have been consistently available. The U.S. military has conducted airdrops, built a pier off Gaza\u2019s coasts, and urged Israel and Egypt to keep the land crossings open for aid to come through.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navy-seizes-iranian-weapons-shipment-as-biden-administration-seeks-new-deal\/\" title=\"Navy Seizes Iranian Weapons Shipment as Biden Administration Seeks New Deal\">provided military aid<\/a> to Israel even as it has urged the Israelis to do more to safeguard civilians and allow for more aid to get through Gaza\u2019s border crossings with Israel.<\/p>\n<p>There are right-wing extremist factions in Israel that oppose allowing aid to get into Gaza, and the movement is led by Itamar Ben Gvir, Israel\u2019s minister of national security, and he has ties to nongovernment organizations affiliated with Tzav 9, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/06\/14\/us-sanctions-tzav-9-israeli-aid-gaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according<\/a> to <em>Axios<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The State Department imposed sanctions on Tzav 9, a right-wing Israeli group, for obstructing and vandalizing aid destined for Gaza. The group has harassed aid convoys, blocked roads, discarded humanitarian supplies, and torched two aid trucks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2671,"featured_media":2267900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24151472798194.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2267899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24151472798194.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2267899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2267899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2267899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2267900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2267899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2267899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2267899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}