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The Israeli government has responded with indignation after a report that the United States plans to sanction a West Bank unit of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
Under the reported plan, members of the Netzah Yehuda unit — which is accused of human rights breaches — would be barred from receiving US military support or training.
A report by the US news outlet Axios said it had information from three US government sources that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken would announce the sanctions within days.
The decision is based on incidents that all took place in the West Bank and occurred before the October 7 Hamas terror attack on Israel, the report said. The unit was withdrawn from the West Bank in 2022.
It reportedly comes after an assessment of several IDF and police units accused of human rights violations. The other units will not be sanctioned after they remedied their behavior, Axios said.
The decision would comply with the 1997 “Leahy Law,” which bans foreign aid and defense training programs for foreign security and military units that are credibly guilty of human rights violations.
“Sanctions must not be imposed on the Israel Defense Forces,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on X.
He added that his government would oppose such measures with all possible means.
“At a time when our soldiers are fighting the monsters of terror, the intention to impose sanctions on an IDF unit is the height of absurdity and a moral low,” Netanyahu wrote.
Member of the Israeli war Cabinet Benny Gantz said imposing the sanctions would send the wrong message “to our common enemies” and set a dangerous precedent.
“The ‘Netzah Yehuda’ battalion is an inseparable part of the Israel Defense Forces,” he wrote on X. “It is subject to military law and is responsible for operating in full compliance with International law.”

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