The United States has pressed the Israeli Occupation authorities regarding human rights violations committed by its forces against Palestinians in the West Bank.

The US threatened to invoke the “Leahy Law,” a piece of legislation that prohibits the US Department of State and Department of Defense from providing military assistance to foreign security forces that violate human rights with impunity.

The purpose of the Leahy Law, enacted by Congress in 1997, is to prevent the United States from becoming involved in serious crimes committed by foreign forces it supports.

Hebrew media reported that Joe Biden’s administration has demanded urgent answers from the “Israeli” authorities about a series of incidents in which army units operating in the West Bank behaved in a manner that violates the Leahy Law.

The US request is accompanied by a warning that Israeli forces operating in the occupied West Bank may be prohibited from receiving funds from the Pentagon from the United States if the explanations are not satisfactory to Washington.

The Leahy Law stipulates that the United States provides security assistance only to military units that meet American human rights standards. If there is a deviation from these standards, the law prohibits the supply of weapons to the implicated parties.