The West Bank is a contested region in the Middle East largely under Israeli control. Also known as Judea and Samaria, the name "West Bank" specifically refers to it being along the western bank of the Jordan River.
Israel took control of the area from Jordan in 1967 following the Six Day War, but has not annexed it. While home to hundreds of thousands of Israeli settlers living in different settlements, the West Bank also has a huge Palestinian population and is the bulk of what most people envision as a future Palestinian state.
The status of Israeli settlements is highly controversial and while they are defended by Israel and the US, most of the international community sees them as illegal.
Katz halts settler detention orders, sparking backlash amid rising West Bank tensions.
How the West Bank can reclaim hope and humanity through justice and connection between divided communities.
On Saturday, dozens of settlers, some of them masked, hurled stones at Israeli troops and border police near the West Bank settlement of Itamar.
Judea and Samaria are the construction reserves of the State of Israel. Moreover, the security factor has already proven itself plainly and clearly.
IDF, Border Police, and other police forces dispersed the right-wing settlers and arrested five suspects.
Both Israel Katz and Yoav Gallant, the current and former defense minister, condemned the attempted attacks on Friday night.
The damage to the settlement enterprise will not be abated by the signing of a nullification order in Washington.
Five settlers were arrested, and the IDF condemned the incident that saw the settlers block military activities and harass the Central Command chief.
The decision was conveyed during a meeting with Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) chief Ronen Bar.
Sa'oudah was responsible for killing three police officers: Deputy Superintendent Arik Ben Eliyahu, Chief Warrant Officer Hadas Barantz, and Chief Warrant Officer Roni Shakuri.
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