Israel calls for police to replace military in handling West Bank settlers

QUSRA, Palestinian Territories: Israel’s defense minister called Friday for the police to take over law enforcement in the occupied West Bank from the military, which has come under fire from the right-wing for trying to remove settlers harassing Palestinians. The measure, if implemented, would be a step toward Israeli annexation of the occupied Palestinian territory — something several ministers in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government openly call for.

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