On January 24, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) revoking numerous EOs and actions implemented during the administration of former President Joseph Biden. Included in this action was the revocation of Executive Order 14115 of February 1, 2024 (Imposing Certain Sanctions on Persons Undermining Peace, Security, and Stability in the West Bank) (see Thompson Hine Update of February 2, 2024). The previous EO sought to address the increase in violence, including attacks on civilians, in the West Bank. It targeted, and subsequently the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated and sanctioned, persons involved in activities that threaten peace, security, and stability in the region.
To implement President Trump’s revocation of EO 14115, OFAC has removed the West Bank-Related Sanctions program from its website and removed all persons designated under EO 14115 from the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List. As a result, all property and interests in property blocked under EO 14115 are unblocked. For additional details on those persons and entities removed from the SDN List, see here.