US imposes sanctions on Israeli settler group over violence against Palestinians

The US Treasury Department on Monday announced it was imposing sanctions on an Israeli settler group accused of "perpetrating violence" in the occupied West Bank, where Israeli settler violence against Palestinians has risen over the past several years.

The sanctions target the Amana settler group, which the Treasury Department describes as a "key part of the Israeli extremist settlement movement".

The department said the group also "maintains ties to various persons previously sanctioned by the US government and its partners for perpetrating violence in the West Bank".

The sanctions will also target one of Amana's subsidiaries, Binyanei Bar Amana, which the US said is a company that builds and sells homes in Israeli settlements and settler outposts.

The UK imposed sanctions on Amana last month.

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