Israeli organisation Amana, a movement that backs developing settlements in the occupied West Bank, on Tuesday denounced sanctions imposed on it by the United States the previous day.

The U.S. on Monday imposed sanctions on organizations and firms involved in illegal settlement development in the occupied West Bank, including a well-established decades-old group that has close ties with Israeli leadership.

The Treasury Department on Monday sanctioned an Israeli WestBank settlement development organization and its subsidiary for its alleged connections with violence in the region, mostly against Palestin