US sanctions Israeli nonprofit that supports West Bank settlers in latest round of penalties

(JTA) — The United States announced sanctions against a nonprofit that has received funding from the Israeli government as well as the civilian security chief of a West Bank settlement.

The sanctions are the United States’ latest effort to curb extremism among settlers and come as violence in the West Bank has escalated.

The nonprofit, Hashomer Yosh, was founded a decade ago with the stated mission of supporting and protecting farms in Israeli West Bank settlements. In its announcement of sanctions, the State Department accused the nonprofit of giving “material support” to an Israeli outpost a...