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UK, U.S. Never Checked with Israeli Law Enforcement before Sanctioning Its Citizens
(Israel Hayom) Ariel Kahana - Three weeks after the U.S. announced sanctions on four Israeli citizens because of "high levels of extremist settler violence," it turns out that only one of the four is known to law enforcement authorities in Israel as having problematic conduct. Of the three Israelis sanctioned by Britain, not a single one is known to the authorities. The Americans and British did not conduct any preliminary checks or consultations with the Israel Police or Israel Security Agency before imposing the sanctions, even though they have extensive ties with Israel's security agencies in a very wide range of areas. In addition, data shows that in the fourth month of the Gaza war, there was a nearly 50% drop in incidents defined as "extreme violence" in Judea and Samaria, a downward trend that has continued since the start of the war. These figures essentially debunk claims by the U.S. on a supposed surge of such violence. A senior Israeli police official said: "Our actions are based on facts and data, not stories. Anyone who breaks the law is dealt with. Period. We do know that many incidents actually start with provocations by leftists and anarchists, so these data do not necessarily tell the whole story and do not mean the blame lies specifically on the settler side."