# ‘Spearhead of annexation’: Israel hands West Bank rule to civilian police

https://mins.news/en/item/23475

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-16 11:54 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/16/spearhead-of-annexation-israel-hands-west-bank-rule-to-civilian-police?traffic_source=rss

> Israel’s defence minister has ordered a plan to transfer civilian law enforcement in the occupied West Bank from the military to Israeli police. Palestinian officials and analysts condemn the move as an acceleration of de facto annexation, apartheid and settler violence, warning it could erase the territory’s legal distinction as occupied land.

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