SANCTIONING ISRAEL: FEASIBILITY AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS - By Khaled Elgindy, Nada Elia

There has been that there is a consensus in Washington – in Congress, a push by members of Congress, from both parties, in the Biden administration, and among most of the for tougher stances on Egypt and other American allies analyst community – that is completely opposed to in the region, and it is very, very difficult to get those any type of meaningful sanctions on Israel. [...] This aid is a central feature of the US-Israel in enforcing existing US laws, such as the Leahy laws relationship, and it is void of restrictions, conditions, and the Arms Export Control Act. [...] Is there weight to this critique The irony here is that the only party in this arrangement in the context of Israel? Are there any ethical risks that we that is subjected to broad sweeping sanctions by should be considering when we call for sanctions? the US are the Palestinians, at every level. [...] The reality is that going from a place of privilege the kind of sanctions that we are talking about is simply and exceptionalism to a place of normal normalcy a form of accountability, a form of consequences. [...] It’s a term that even the Biden administration uses, including in the At the level of the UN, the US could likewise cease its case of Shireen Abu Akleh’s murder.