Middle East tensions: The Biden administration imposed sanctions on four Israeli settlers it accused of being involved in the occupied West Bank region, signalling a growing displeasure of America with the policies of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The US had been imposing visa bans on people involved in violence in the West Bank as some members of Israel’s right-wing coalition government have called for increasing settlements.Middle East tensions: The Biden administration imposed sanctions on four Israeli settlers it accused of being involved in the occupied West Bank region, signalling a growing displeasure of America with the policies of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The US had been imposing visa bans on people involved in violence in the West Bank as some members of Israel’s right-wing coalition government have called for increasing settlements.