Hyderabad, Feb. 29 -- Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Foreign Minister Winston Peters have announced travel bans on a number of extremist Israeli settlers who have committed violent attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank.

"New Zealand is seriously concerned by the significant increase in extremist violence perpetrated by Israeli settlers against Palestinian populations in recent months. This is particularly destabilising in what is already a major crisis," Luxon says.

"New Zealand has taken this step to signal clearly that this behaviour is unacceptable", Peters says.

"We are imposing travel bans on a number of people known to have committed violent acts. These individuals will not be able to travel to New Zealand.

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