The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) minister for foreign affairs, Varsen Aghabekian described as “shocking and disappointing” the European Union’s refusal to act against Israel for violations in Gaza and the West Bank.

Describing the move as a “historic and unprecedented change,” the newspaper said Israel's Civil Administration had reassigned authority over the holy site to the religious council of the Kiryat Arba settlement, adjacent to Hebron in the occupied West Bank.

The most senior church leaders in Israel and the Palestinian territories gathered in the West Bank village of Taybeh on Monday to denounce rising settler violence against Palestinians and Palestinian property in the area.

U.S. citizen Sayafollah Musallet, 20, also known as Saif, was severely beaten in the incident on Friday evening in Sinjil, north of Ramallah, the ministry said. Hussein Al-Shalabi, 23 was shot in the chest.

Even the prospect of civil war cannot be ruled out,' an expert tracking growing violence in the West Bank told Newsweek.

There must be a thorough, independent, transparent investigation into all killings and all other alleged violations of international law,' says UN spokesperson - Anadolu Ajansı

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