US hits Israeli settler group with sanctions over West Bank violence
US Treasury sanctioned Amana, the largest organisation involved in illegal settlement development in the West Bank, and its subsidiary Binyanei Bar Amana
The United States imposed sanctions on Monday on Israeli settler group Amana, accusing the organisation of helping perpetrate violence in the occupied West Bank, which has seen a rise in settler attacks on Palestinians.
Amana provides support to unauthorised settler outposts that are used to expand Jewish settlements and seize Palestinian land, the Treasury Department said in a statement announcing the sanctions, calling the group “a key part of the Israeli extremist settlement movement”.
The sanctions also target a subsidiary of Amana called Binyanei Bar Amana, described by the Treasury as a company that builds and sell homes in Israeli settlements and settler outposts.
The Treasury Department said Amana maintained ties to other people targeted in previous rounds of US sanctions, including by providing loans to settlers who set up farms in the West Bank from which settlers commit violence.
