@laprice Interesting development today, regarding #OFAC. It seems they are sanctioning #Amana for illegal development in the #WestBank.
"Amana is a key part of the Israeli extremist settlement movement and maintains ties to various persons previously sanctioned by the U.S. government and its partners for perpetrating violence in the West Bank. For example, Amana provided a loan to Israeli settler Isaschar Manne, and served as a partner in the formation of #MeitarimFarm. The U.S. Department of State sanctioned Isaschar Manne and Meitarim Farm on July 11, 2024 pursuant to E.O. 14115. The settlers and farms that Amana supports play a key role in developing settlements in the West Bank, from which in turn settlers commit violence. More broadly, Amana strategically uses farming outposts, which it supports through financing, loans, and building infrastructure, to expand settlements and seize land.
"OFAC today is also sanctioning Amana’s subsidiary, #BinyaneiBarAmana Ltd (#BBA). BBA is a construction and development company that builds and sells homes in settlements and outposts in the West Bank.
"OFAC is sanctioning Amana pursuant to E.O. 14115 for being a foreign person that is responsible for or complicit in, or has directly or indirectly engaged or attempted to engage in, planning, ordering, otherwise directing, or participating in seizure or dispossession of property by private actors, affecting the West Bank. OFAC is sanctioning BBA pursuant to E.O. 14115 for being a foreign person that is owned or controlled by, or has acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Amana."
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2715
US sanctions group that builds illegal West Bank settlements, with close ties to #Israeli government