US says extremist West Bank settlers will be barred from America

US says extremist West Bank settlers will be barred from America
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

In a rare punitive move against Israel, the US State Department said it will impose travel bans on extremist Jewish settlers implicated in a rash of recent attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the step after warning Israel last week that President Joe Biden’s administration would be taking action over the attacks.

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