Tel Aviv, July 1 -- After an emergency meeting with top security officials, Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on Tuesday a series of measures aimed at curbing settler violence against Israeli troops and security forces in the West Bank, The Times of Israel reported.

"We will not allow or accept such serious incidents in any form," Katz said at the Monday night meeting, according to a Defense Ministry statement. He vowed significant police enforcement and the creation of a joint task force led by the police in coordination with the IDF and Shin Bet to address the phenomenon.

Katz also approved tens of millions of shekels for social programs aimed at integrating extremist settler youth into normative educational frameworks and said a...