Overview

• The Biden administration is preparing to impose travel bans on Israeli settlers accused of carrying out attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank.
• Secretary of State Antony Blinken has informed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the impending action, but has stated that the US will not act unilaterally.
• Settlers affected by the travel ban would be excluded from the Visa Waiver Program, which allows citizens of member countries visa-free entry into the United States for up to 90 days.
• The discussion of the travel ban comes as the Israeli Defense Forces enters what it calls the 'next stage of the war' following the collapse of a cease-fire deal.
• Daily settler attacks have more than doubled, according to UN figures, since Hamas killed 1,200 Israelis and took about 240 hostage.