U.S. demands that Israeli banks freeze accounts of four customers on whom presidential order was imposed.
Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich says he is ordering the banks not to respect the order. Israel has successfully dealt with most boycotts of the settlements, writes Yossi Ben-Ghiat. The pursuit of that "base", causes irresponsible behavior/Ruben Castro, writes Ben- Ghiat, adding that Israel's future is in its own hands.