The occupied West Bank has been transformed by the rapid growth of Jewish settlements in land that Palestinians see as the heart of a future state.

Israel’s new defense minister has said security forces would no longer apply administrative detention orders to Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, and thus only Palestinian suspects can be held indefinitely without trial.

The Biden administration warned Israel that their decision to stop issuing administrative detention orders against Israeli settlers suspected of attacking Palestinians in the occupied West Bank could increase violence in the Palestinian territory,

The U.S. Treasury Department Monday imposed sanctions on Amana, Israel's largest settlement development organization, and its Binyanei Bar Amana subsidiary, calling the groups "a key part of the Israeli extremist settlement movement" and accusing them of supporting growing settler violence in the occupied West Bank.

Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz announced the cessation of administrative detention orders for Jewish settlers in the West Bank on Friday, marking a significant policy shift regarding the controversial practice of holding suspects without formal charges.

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