The new measures drew a sharp response from the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, whose office said it viewed them “with utmost severity” and that the issue was under “pointed discussion” with Washington.

Who cares what this asshole has to say about anything.

The sanctions target one organisation and one individual with long involvement in the intimidation of Palestinians with the aim of seizing their land. The US Treasury has made them “specially designated nationals”, which means their assets are blocked and US citizens and companies are prohibited from dealing with them.

The targeted group was Hashomer Yosh, which provides security for illegal settler outposts, including some which have already been sanctioned by the US. The group has been particularly active in the south Hebron hills, at the southern end of the West Bank, which has been a focus of Israeli settler violence against local Bedouin inhabitants.

The US has announced new sanctions against extremist settlers in the West Bank who are funded by the Israeli government, as Washington steps up its attempt to rein in worsening settler violence.

The targeted individual in Wednesday’s sanctions was Yitzhak Levi Filant, the security coordinator at Yitzhar settlement, just south of Nablus. He, like other settler security coordinators, draws a salary directly from the Israeli defence ministry.

Sanctions won’t do much if they get money, weapons and IDF cover from the israeli government. Which in turn gets their funding directly from Biden.

This feels like that time in February when they sanctioned 4 colonists but then lifted the bulk of the sanctions when Smotrich told Biden he was being a naughty boy.

Don’t get too excited. The Israeli government is getting none of the blame (from the US government). Israel is still our “Golden Child” that can do no wrong.