US imposes sanctions on two groups for fundraising for Israeli extremists in West Bank

The US Treasury Department on Friday imposed sanctions on two organizations on Friday for fundraising on behalf of two violent Israeli extremists in the West Bank. The two groups – Mount Hebron Fund and Shlom Asiraich – established crowdfunding campaigns to raise thousands of dollars for Yinon Levi and David Chai Chasdai, respectively. Both of those men were sanctioned by the US in February under a new executive order targeting those perpetrating violence in the West Bank. At the same time, the State Department on Friday sanctioned Ben-Zion Gopstein, “the...