Biden notifies Congress that the West Bank national emergency will continue

President Joe Biden sent Congress a January 14, 2025 message saying the national emergency concerning the situation in the West Bank would continue beyond February 1, 2025. The message explained that the National Emergencies Act requires the president to publish and transmit a continuation notice before an emergency’s anniversary or the emergency terminates automatically. Biden cited extremist settler violence, forced displacement, and property destruction as continuing threats to peace, security, and U.S. foreign-policy objectives. The action mattered because it documented the formal congressional notice behind continued sanctions authority under Executive Order 14115.