Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Aug. 14 ordered the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to draw up a plan to transfer responsibility for enforcing civilian law among Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank to the Israeli police.

According to Katz, the proposed plan would shift responsibility for civilian law enforcement and public order involving the Israeli population in the West Bank from the IDF to the…

The Defense Ministry's statement announcing the ordered plan comes after the army faced criticism over its handling of Israeli settlers who besieged a Palestinian home in the…