Thousands of Israelis led by at least seven Cabinet ministers marched to an evacuated West Bank settlement, in a defiant signal that Israel’s right-wing government is determined to accelerate settlement building on occupied lands despite opposition.
Israeli settlers stand in the outpost of Eviatar in the West Bank, Monday, April 10, 2023. Thousands led by hardline ultranationalist Jewish settlers marched to the unauthorized settlement outpost Eviatar in the northern West Bank that was cleared by the Israeli government in 2021, protected by a large contingent of Israeli soldiers and police. Israeli settlers stand in the outpost of Eviatar in the West Bank, Monday, April 10, 2023.
JERUSALEM — Thousands of Israelis led by at least seven Cabinet ministers marched Monday to an evacuated West Bank settlement, in a defiant signal that Israel’s most right-wing government in history is determined to accelerate settlement building on occupied lands despite international opposition. The mass rally also threatened to further raise tensions that have been heightened by days of unrest across the region over a contested Jerusalem holy site. In new violence, Israeli troops killed a 15-year-old Palestinian boy during an arrest raid in the occupied West Bank, while a 48-year-old Israeli woman died of wounds sustained in an attack last week that killed two of her daughters.
Monday’s march took place in the northern West Bank — the scene of repeated violence in recent months. Thousands of Israeli police and army forces were reportedly deployed to secure the march, which added to the already combustible atmosphere that has accompanied the overlap of major Jewish and Muslim holy days. Tensions between Israelis and Palestinians have
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