Sanctions
![Tokyo, Japan](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=700/2024/07/23/7155a5c0-48df-11ef-ad88-850b1faa2f88__h4000_w7000.jpg)
Tokyo acts in response to escalating violence against Palestinians in the region.
![Smotrich.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/21/4cf7b210-474d-11ef-92f9-1b32553736e2__h3893_w5840.jpg)
Politics, United States
Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich responded to reports that the US plans to sanction him, saying that such an act is a "mortal blow to Israeli sovereignty."
![Ben Gvir](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/21/9f55a680-4724-11ef-9b01-b9b61028cadd__h4096_w6144.jpg)
Ben Gvir, Smotrich, US Sanctions
Ben-Gvir: Israel will dismantle Palestinian Authority in response to US sanctions on ministers.
![Protest against aid to Gaza Strip.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/07/11/90c5ef70-3f96-11ef-9b01-b9b61028cadd__h5760_w8640.jpg)
State Department, Tzav Tesha
The State Department reportedly targeted a person sharing the same name as a Tzav Tesha activist they were aiming at.
![Gantz.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/04/21/dcf67720-fffe-11ee-aef9-dd72173416da__h3622_w5431.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, IDF
Benny Gantz told Secretary of State Blinken that there was no need for sanctions, as Israel has a strong and independent judicial system applicable to the whole of the IDF.
![Ukrainian President Zelenskyy.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/02/25/4b9792d0-d3ff-11ee-aa6e-77968757f996__h2914_w4371.jpg)
Ukraine, Russia
Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelenskyy revealed the number of Ukrainian war dead since Russia launched its invasion in 2022. However, he would not say how many were wounded or missing.
![Bank Leumi Explains Why It Froze the Israeli Accounts of UNRWA and of Settlers Sanctioned by Biden](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/02/05/8daef250-c44e-11ee-aa6e-77968757f996__h5256_w3508.jpg)
Sanctions, Bank Leumi
Bank Leumi officials explained that UNRWA had been withdrawing money in a suspicious manner with unsatisfactory answers, leading to suspected terror ties.
Settlers, President Joe Biden
David Chai Chisdai, one of the four settlers sanctioned by the Biden administration for violent activity in Judea and Samaria, told Walla News that he "is happy to be on America's blacklist."
![Smotrich Criticizes Biden Over Sanctions Against Settlers](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/02/05/faced0c0-c436-11ee-aa6e-77968757f996__h5167_w7750.jpg)
Settlers, Joe Biden, Betzalel Smotrich
During a statement to his party today, Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich criticized the American administration's decision to sanction settlers and the decision of Israeli banks to cooperate with the sanctions by freezing accounts.
![An "immoral BDS campaign." Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/02/01/6eef7d80-c11f-11ee-bf85-77a8e5aca77e__h2362_w3542.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, Settlers
Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich called the Biden administration's considering sanctioning him and Minister Ben Gvir for involvement in settler violence an "immoral BDS campaign."
![US, UK, and Australia Impose Fifth Round of Sanctions Against Hamas Funding Networks](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/01/22/82aa37a0-b95b-11ee-adaf-d9320ff81fe5__h2000_w3000.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, Hamas, Sanctions
The new round of sanctions targets Gaza-based networks transferring tens of millions of dollars from sources like Iran to Hamas.
![Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/12/26/b481b060-a3cf-11ee-8c05-7fe1aa7dfba1__h3829_w5743.jpg)
Japan Imposed Sanctions On Hamas Officials
The Japanese government announced the imposition of personal sanctions against senior Hamas officials Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif, and Marwan Issa, which include the freezing of personal assets, payments and transfers.
![Anthony Blinken](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/11/14/a12bec00-82f6-11ee-992b-1b516497ddb9__h331_w650.webp)
Additional Sanctions Against Hamas
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced that the US and UK will impose additional sanctions on groups and individuals associated with Hamas and Islamic Jihad, who have supported or helped finance the terrorist organizations in Gaza.
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News
The US Treasury Department announced sanctions on ten key Hamas figures and organizations involved in transferring money to the terror group.
![Ran Erez](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/09/12/b4c1f1a0-5165-11ee-94e0-0743c16fa7d9__h331_w650.webp)
An Agreement Was Reached
The Ministry of Finance reached an interim agreement with the teachers' organization according to which an advance of 2,400 NIS will be given and the vacation schedule will change when a 'bridge' is held between Yom Kippur and Sukkot