from Tehran Times
Israel Katz, the so-called Israeli defense minister, announced on Friday that he had instructed the military to draft a plan to transfer enforcement powers for civilian matters in the occupied West Bank from the army to the police, a move that is viewed as a full annexation of the West Bank.
Katz’s move comes as Israeli police fall under the National Security Ministry headed by far-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, a leading advocate of settlement expansion and Israeli sovereignty over the occupied West Bank.
Palestinian factions and officials and even Israeli human peace activists and politicians have condemned the measure, describing it as another step toward de facto annexation...
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