A group of seven Democratic senators called on the U.S. state and treasury departments on Monday to impose sanctions on Israelis engaged in “settler violence.”

The letter accuses Israelis of blocking aid into Gaza and calls on the Trump administration to apply sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act.

“We write to express our grave concern over reports that Israeli settlers are obstructing

the delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza and engaging in violent attacks against Palestinian

civilians, including U.S. citizens, in the West Bank,” the senators wrote. “These actions directly undermine the United States’ foreign-policy interests, contribute to regional instability and potentially constitute gross violations of human rights.”

The senators went on to accu

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