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The United States and the EU  on Friday imposed sanctions on Bentzi Gopstein, an ally of  national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, and two entities that raised money for Israeli men accused of settler violence, the latest actions aimed against those Washington blames for an escalation of West Bank  violence. .According to the  U.S.-based news outlet Axios, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is also expected to announce for the first time sanctions against the IDF ultra-Orthodox combat unit Netzah Yehuda battalion for alleged human rights violations against Palestinians in the West Bank, Reserve Lt. Col. Maurice Hirsch is the Director of the Initiative for Palestinian Authority Accountability and Reform in the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and the former Director of the Military Prosecution for Judea and Samaria. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with him about the latest batch of sanctions and the reports that the US will also sanction the IDF’s Netzah Yehuda battalion. (Photo:Flash90)See omnystudio.com/lis