Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel won't tolerate Jewish extremists taking the law into their own hands, as he visited the West Bank amid concerns over escalating violence between Jewish settlers and Palestinians in the occupied territory.

“There is a tiny handful of people who do not represent the public here, who take the law into their own hands," Netanyahu said. "We cannot tolerate this, we are not ready to accept this, we will act against it in all ways. This causes heavy international damage to the state of Israel, and it does not represent the public here. I condemn it and we will act against it."