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The Guardian - US
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Chris McGreal in New York

How American citizens are leading rise of ‘settler violence’ on Palestinian lands

The Israeli settlement of Efrat situated on the southern outskirts of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem (background) was founded by Americans.
The Israeli settlement of Efrat situated on the southern outskirts of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem (background) was founded by Americans. Photograph: Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images

Washington’s ban on travel to the US by extremist Jewish settlers who attack Palestinians in the West Bank has one gaping loophole.

American citizens have been at the forefront of the rise of settler violence in the occupied territories, and the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their land, but as US passport holders they cannot be barred from their own country.

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