Israeli military plans to transfer law enforcement in occupied West Bank to police

Palestine's vice-president calls plan flagrant violation of international law' and a step towards full Israeli annexation

Israel's defence minister wants to transfer law enforcement powers for Israelis in the occupied West Bank over to the police, a plan that Palestine's vice-president described as a flagrant violation of international law" and step towards full Israeli annexation.

Israel Katz announced that he had ordered the military to draw up plans for the handover of responsibility for policing Israeli settlers amid domestic and international criticism of the army's failure to tackle militants besieging three Palestinian families.