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Tel Aviv, April 21, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denounced the move by the US government to issue sanctions to the Netzah Yehuda battalion of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The sanctions, according to reports, are for alleged human rights violations committed against Palestinians in the West Bank by the soldiers of this IDF battalion. There are reports that the Biden administration is set to blacklist the battalion considered elite by the IDF. Netanyahu, according to the media, in a statement on Saturday late night said, “ The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) must not be sanctioned.” The Israeli Prime…