Israel’s Supreme Court approved an extension of Israel’s security barrier to encompass some West Bank settlements. The court ruled Oct. 26 that the northern West Bank settlements — Emanuel, Ma’aleh Shomron and Karnei Shomron — merited the barrier because they had been “targets of harsh terror attacks over recent years.”
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