Violence by extremist settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank has escalated since Oct. 7..
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President Biden raised concerns about attacks on West Bank Palestinians during a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 10 days ago. A day later, Biden said publicly the attacks by extremist Jewish settlers were "pouring gasoline on the fire.
Instead, the purchases were done through tenders to private defense companies in the U.S. who had to get commercial defense export licenses from the State Department.and other Israeli officials gave the Biden administration assurances that the weapons would be given only to civilian initial response units within the territorial jurisdiction of Israeli national police.
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