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WASHINGTON — The U.S. government on Thursday announced sanctions against two Israeli outposts in the West Bank, an escalation from the Biden administration's previous targeting of individual settlers. The sanctions focus on Zvis Farm and Moshes Farm, which the State Department said are used as bases to perpetuate 'violence against Palestinians.' Three Israeli settlers — Zvi Bar Yosef, Moshe Sharvit and Neriya Ben Pazi — were also sanctioned.
' The White House has increasingly called for Israel to 'hold extremist settlers accountable for violent acts' against Palestinians. Israel's conservative-led government, headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has made expanding West Bank settlements a top priority, even though critics point out that they significantly complicate the prospects for any two-state solution.
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