US ready to impose visa bans on Israeli settlers who attacked Palestinians

The State Department is expected to accounce on Tuesday that it will impose travel bans on Israeli settlers involved in attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank, the US newssite, Axios reported, citing to US officials.

The officials added that they would not disclose the names of the banned individuals.

The news comes after US President Biden raised concerns in a Washington Post op-ed about escalating attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank, and said that the US was preparing to impose travel bans on those involved.

According to the officials, this is the first time the US has sanctioned extremist settlers since the Clinton administration.