Israel’s Katz walks back on call to dismiss West Bank army chief

Israel’s defence minister had called for the West Bank chief to be dismissed over his orders against a settler who sexually abused a Palestinian.

Katz's clarification followed a statement he made during a live Channel 14 interview on Sunday, in which he denied calling for Bluth to be removed.

Israel destroys West Bank wells serving Palestinian herders As first light reaches the scattered tents and animal pens of Ras al-Ahmar in the northern Jordan Valley, the silence is broken only by the cries of thirsty livestock waiting for water that no longer comes. Days after Israeli forces destroyed three of th

Defense minister ousts IDF's West Bank chief live on television  Haaretz