The Biden administration sanctioned three private Israeli companies for their roles in expanding settlements in the occupied West Bank, marking a significant escalation in U.S. actions against settler activities involving the alleged dispossessing of Palestinian-owned private land to facilitate settlement activity, Axios reported.

Announced jointly by the Department of the Treasury and the State Department, the Biden administration on Monday imposed sanctions on three private Israeli companies for their involvement in constructing settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

This action broadens U.S. measures against settlement activities and targets private companies for the first time.

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