Exclusive: Transfer to officials led by far-right Bezalel Smotrich removes legal checks on settlement expansion
The Israeli military has quietly handed over significant legal powers in the occupied West Bank to pro-settler civil servants working for the far-right minister Bezalel Smotrich.
An order posted by the Israel Defense Forces on its website on 29 May transfers responsibility for dozens of by-laws at the Civil Administration – the Israeli body governing in the West Bank – from the military to officials led by Smotrich at the defence ministry.
Continue reading…Exclusive: Transfer to officials led by far-right Bezalel Smotrich removes legal checks on settlement expansionThe Israeli military has quietly handed over significant legal powers in the occupied West Bank to pro-settler civil servants working for the far-right minister Bezalel Smotrich.An order posted by the Israel Defense Forces on its website on 29 May transfers responsibility for dozens of by-laws at the Civil Administration – the Israeli body governing in the West Bank – from the military to officials led by Smotrich at the defence ministry. Continue reading…