The United States sanctioned three Israeli settlers and two farming outposts Thursday, accusing them of undermining stability in the Israeli occupied West Bank. The move marks the second time this year that Washington has sanctioned Israeli settlers, as it looks to respond to the rise in West Bank settler violence since Hamas’s attacks on southern Israel on 7 October. “Today, we are taking further action to promote accountability for those perpetuating violence and causing turmoil in the West Bank,” US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement. The US Treasury Department we…