Israel's Defense Minister Katz's office issued a statement on the 14th saying that it has instructed the Israeli military to draw up a plan to hand over “civil law enforcement powers” in the West Bank region from the military to the police. The statement said that in view of the “extremist riots” that occurred in the village of Gusra, the Minister of Defense is exploring a plan to hand over law enforcement work against Israelis who have committed crimes in the West Bank region to the Israeli police. The statement said that since the current government approved the establishment of more new settlements in the West Bank, the number of settlers is expected to “increase dramatically,” and it is not the duty of the Israeli military to deal with these acts of violence, and the Israeli military is not capable of dealing with civil issues there. Since the 9th of this month, Jewish settlers have continued to “block” houses in the village of Ghusra south of the West Bank city of Nablus, preventing Palestinian residents from entering and leaving.

Israel's Defense Minister Katz's office issued a statement on the 14th saying that it has instructed the Israeli military to draw up a plan to hand over “civil law enforcement powers” in the West Bank region from the military to the police. The statement said that in view of the “extremist riots” that occurred in the village of Gusra, the Minister of Defense is exploring a plan to hand over law enforcement work against Israelis who have committed crimes in the West Bank region to the Israeli police. The statement said that since the current government approved the establishment of more new settlements in the West Bank, the number of settlers is expected to “increase dramatically,” and it is not the duty of the Israeli military to deal with these acts of violence, and the Israeli military is not capable of dealing with civil issues there. Since the 9th of this month, Jewish settlers have continued to “block” houses in the village of Ghusra south of the West Bank city of Nablus, preventing Palestinian residents from entering and leaving.