Palestine slams US sanctions as ‘blatant support’ for Israeli occupation – Middle East Monitor

A senior Palestinian official on Thursday denounced US sanctions on officials from the Palestinian Authority (PA), calling it “blatant support for Israel’s occupation” and its ongoing war on Gaza, Anadolu reports.

Wassel Abu Yousef, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)’s Executive Committee, told Anadolu the sanctions come “as the US partners in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.”

He accused Washington of “backing Israel’s crimes…