A senior US State Department official said that President Joe Biden's administration has informed Israel that Washington will impose in the next few weeks a visa ban on extremist Israeli settlers who carry out acts of violence against Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank.
The official added that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken informed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members of the Israeli war government during a meeting with them that the United States would take its measures against an undisclosed number of individuals.
The West Bank, which is among the areas where the Palestinians seek to establish their state, has been witnessing an escalation in violence for months in light of the expansion of Jewish settlements and the cessation of the US-sponsored peace process for about 10 years.
In response to a question, Israeli government spokesman Elon Levy said that he had no comment on this matter, but added that Israel strongly condemns any acts of violence, riots, or attempts by individuals to take the law into their own hands.
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