U.S. Congressman Dan Goldman (D-NY) is responding with outrage to a report distributed by The Times of Israel about dozens of Israeli settlers attacking multiple villages in the West Bank (Jalud, Fandaqumiya, Silat ad-Dhahr and Qaryut) and torching buildings with Palestinians inside.
The publication shared video of fires and masked groups described as “extremist settlers” attacking the villages, and reported: “The Palestinian Red Crescent said three people were injured after being beaten by settlers in the village of Jalud, and six others were injured from beatings in villages in the Jenin area.” It added, “IDF condemned it, sent troops, but no arrests reported.”
This is outrageous. Speaker Johnson must bring the West Bank Violence Prevention Act to the floor immediately. Trump should have never rescinded the Biden era sanctions on settlers. Now we’re seeing the poisonous fruit of that decision.
This violence is anti-democratic and… https://t.co/g5oB0Amzbj
— Rep. Dan Goldman (@RepDanGoldman) March 22, 2026
Goldman wrote on social media: “This is outrageous. Speaker Johnson must bring the West Bank Violence Prevention Act to the floor immediately. Trump should have never rescinded the Biden era sanctions on settlers. Now we’re seeing the poisonous fruit of that decision. This violence is anti-democratic and unacceptable. The Israeli government must hold those responsible accountable, as the rule of law requires.”
[NOTE: On January 20, 2025, Trump rescinded Biden’s Executive Order 14115 dated February 1, 2024, which authorized the imposition of certain sanctions “on Persons Undermining Peace, Security, and Stability in the West Bank.”]
In April 2025, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) introduced the West Bank Violence Prevention Act, “To prevent violence in the West Bank and authorize the imposition of sanctions with respect to any foreign person endangering United States national security and undermining prospects for a two-state solution by committing illegal violent acts.”
Rabbi Steven Abraham of Beth El Synagogue in Omaha, Nebraska, replied to Goldman: “Settler violence is wrong and the Israeli government must stop it. No argument. But there’s a West Bank Violence Prevention Act ready to go? Where’s the Uyghur Village Prevention Act? The Tigray Civilian Protection Act? The Yemen Starvation Accountability Act? The Darfur Militia Violence Prevention Act? When Assad was barrel-bombing neighborhoods, was there a Syrian Civilian Safety Act teed up for the House floor? Congress doesn’t draft named legislation for every atrocity on earth. They draft it when Israel is the target. The outrage is real. The selectivity is the tell.”