Israeli forces remove West Bank settler outpost, angering rightists in government

Israeli security forces on Friday evicted a small group of Jewish settlers from an outpost they erected hours earlier in the occupied West Bank, upsetting pro-settlement members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.

The group had built a handful of small, temporary structures on a rocky field near a larger Jewish settlement, according to pictures carried by Israeli media. Similar outposts have been built and removed many times over the years.

While there were no reports of violence or injuries between the settlers and security officers, Friday’s eviction was a test for Netanyahu’s new government, which took office about a month ago and includes senior ministers from the far right.