The US imposed a new batch of sanctions on Thursday against extremist Israeli settlers accused of stirring up violence in the occupied West Bank.
“Today, we are imposing sanctions on three Israeli individuals and five entities connected to acts of violence against civilians in the West Bank,” the US State Department said in a statement.
It then specified in particular that it had targeted the far-right Israeli Lehava organization, according to AFP.
In another statement, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said, “The United States remains deeply concerned about extremist violence and instability in the West Bank, which undermines Israel’s own security.”
In recent months, the US, UK and Canada have announced sanctions against “extremist Israeli groups” and a number of individuals they say are involved in West Bank violence.
Last April, the EU put two organizations Lehava and the Hilltop Youth on its asset freeze and visa blacklist for their attacks on Palestinians.
