Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Year : 2, Issue: 12
Anadolu Agency: The US announced new sanctions on Monday against illegal Israeli settlers and entities over extremist settler violence in the occupied West Bank.
The Treasury Department designated three individuals and three entities involved in settlement-related activities in the West Bank, according to a statement.
The sanctions target Israeli nationals Shabtai Koshlevsky, Itamar Yehuda Levi, and Zohar Sabah, as well as the Amana Settlement Movement, its construction arm Binyanei Bar Amana Ltd., and Eyal Hari Yehuda Company Ltd.
Amana is a “key part” of the extremist Israeli settlement movement, supporting outposts and settlements tied to US-sanctioned individuals and organizations, said the statement.
Amana has also been sanctioned by the UK and Canada.
“The United States, along with our allies and partners, remains committed to holding accountable those who seek to facilitate these destabilizing activities, which threaten the stability of the West Bank, Israel, and the wider region,” Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo said in the statement.
“We once again call on the Government of Israel to take action and hold accountable those responsible for or complicit in violence, forced displacement, and the dispossession of private land,” said Spokesman Matt Miller in a statement.
“The United States will continue to promote accountability for those who further destabilize conditions in the West Bank and support extremist violence in the region,” he added.
