Israel to authorise nine ‘wild’ West Bank settlements

Security cabinet announces recognition of areas built without Israeli authorisation after series of attacks in East Jerusalem

Israel’s security cabinet has announced that it will authorise nine settlements in the occupied West Bank after a series of attacks in East Jerusalem, including one that killed three Israelis.

“In response to the murderous terrorist attacks in Jerusalem, the security cabinet decided unanimously to authorise nine communities in Judea and Samaria,” the office of the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said in a statement on Sunday that included the name Israel uses for the West Bank.