Israel’s Ben-Gvir forms new police unit composed of illegal settlers in occupied West Bank – Middle East Monitor

Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir formed a new police unit composed of illegal armed settlers, a move seen as an effort to deepen Israel’s de facto annexation of the occupied West Bank, Anadolu reports.

The extremist minister announced the move during a ceremony held Wednesday at the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron in the southern West Bank.

Dubbed the “First Response Unit,” the new force will operate under the West Bank police division…