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The US Treasury Department has issued West Bank-related sanctions targeting five entities and three people, including the extremist Lehava organization, the department announced on Thursday.Alongside them were several Tzav 9 activists who regularly attempted to block truckfuls of aid to Gazan civilians who were also listed in the new additions to the sanctions.According to the Treasury notice, those cited included the nonprofit organization Lehava, several sheep and goat farms, and three individuals. Sanctioned are Reut Ben Haim, Issachar Manne, Aviad Shlomo Sarid, Hamohoch Farm, Lehava, Manne Farm Outpost, Meitarim...

The European Union announced new sanctions on Friday against four people and two entities that it said were "responsible for serious human rights abuses against Palestinians."The abuses include "torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment" and "the violation of right to property and to private and family life of Palestinians in the West Bank,"  the Council of the EU said in a statement.The listed entities are Lehava, the Jewish extremist group known for campaigns against Jewish-Arab relationships, and what a statement referred to as "Hilltop Youth,"...