Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he will urgently convene cabinet ministers to ensure Israelis behind the latest attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are brought to justice.

In violence on Monday, Israelis torched homes and vehicles in Jab’a, a Palestinian village near Bethlehem after an earlier attack on property and civilians in the village of Sa’ir, the WAFA news agency said, quoting officials.

Israel has been under mounting international pressure to curb the attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank. Show Full Article

Convening ministers, a potential sign of greater government attention, was Netanyahu’s most significant recent step to address the violence.

Defence Minister Israel Katz, in a separate statement, said the government in coming weeks wou

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