The Biden administration on Monday imposed sanctions on Israel’s largest settlement development organization as part of the latest US actions targeting those fomenting instability in the occupied West Bank.

The United States imposed sanctions on Monday on an Israeli settler group it accused of helping perpetrate violence in the occupied West Bank, which has seen a rise in settler attacks on Palestinians.

The Biden administration announced Monday it would impose further sanctions on Israeli citizens and entities in the West Bank, a move that could hamstring President-elect Donald Trump’s support of settlement building in the disputed territory.

Advocates of Jewish settlement in the West Bank believe they have reason to celebrate after Donald Trump's election win.

Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has ordered preparations for the annexation of settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

The Biden administration on Nov. 18 sanctioned an Israeli group that builds illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.

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.

Recently, the Biden administration made a controversial decision to allow a U.S.-based nonprofit to hold a meeting in Beirut, Lebanon, attended by representatives of Hamas and Hezbollah. Both organizations are internationally recognized as terrorist groups responsible for violence and instability in the Middle East.