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The US is expected to impose sanctions on an Israeli army unit made up of ultra-Orthodox Jews and extremist settlers for human rights violations in the occupied West Bank, US website Axios said on Saturday, citing three US sources. The sanctions would bar the Netzah Yehuda Battalion from receiving any form of US military training and assistance, the sources said. When imposed, this will mark be the first time Washington – Israel’s long-standing ally and regular financial and military supporter \- has ever sanctioned on an Israeli army unit. The violations on which the Netzah Yehuda Battalion w…