The Biden administration on Monday announced sanctions against what it described as Israeli citizens and entities involved in the extremist settler movement in the West Bank, part of U.S. efforts to curb escalating violence targeting Palestinians in the territory.

The sanctions fall under an executive order President Biden issued in February to hold accountable violence carried out by extremist Israeli settlers in the West Bank targeting Palestinians, and the organizations supporting such violence.

“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,” State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement.

“The United States will continue to promote accountability for those who further destabilize conditions in the West........

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