Biden continues West Bank national emergency over extremist settler violence and destabilization

President Joe Biden continued the national emergency concerning the situation in the West Bank on January 14, 2025. The notice said high levels of extremist settler violence, forced displacement, and property destruction continued to threaten the peace, security, and stability of the West Bank and Gaza, Israel, and the broader Middle East. It extended the emergency declared in Executive Order 14115 beyond February 1, 2025, under the National Emergencies Act. The action mattered because keeping the emergency in place preserved sanctions authority against people undermining peace, security, and stability in the West Bank.