Israeli settlers at risk of losing special West Bank status


              A section of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Efrat, seen on Thursday, June 9, 2022. Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank may soon have a taste of the military rule that Palestinians have been living under for 55 years. A looming end-of-month deadline to extend legal protections to Jewish settlers has put Israel’s government on the brink of collapse and drawn widespread warnings that the territory could be plunged into chaos. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
            
              Palestinian buildings are seen behind a section of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Efrat, foreground, Thursday, June 9, 2022. Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank may soon have a taste of the military rule that Palestinians have been living under for 55 years. A looming end-of-month deadline to extend legal protections to Jewish settlers has put Israel’s government on the brink of collapse and drawn widespread warnings that the territory could be plunged into chaos. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
            
              A section of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Efrat, seen on Thursday, June 9, 2022. Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank may soon have a taste of the military rule that Palestinians have been living under for 55 years. A looming end-of-month deadline to extend legal protections to Jewish settlers has put Israel’s government on the brink of collapse and drawn widespread warnings that the territory could be plunged into chaos. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
            
              Palestinian buildings are seen at right, behind a section of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Efrat, foreground, Thursday, June 9, 2022. Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank may soon have a taste of the military rule that Palestinians have been living under for 55 years. A looming end-of-month deadline to extend legal protections to Jewish settlers has put Israel’s government on the brink of collapse and drawn widespread warnings that the territory could be plunged into chaos. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
            
              An Israeli soldier secures a bus stop while Israeli settlers wait for a ride at the Gush Etzion junction, the transportation hub for a number of West Bank Jewish settlements, Thursday, June 9, 2022. Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank may soon have a taste of the military rule that Palestinians have been living under for 55 years. A looming end-of-month deadline to extend legal protections to Jewish settlers has put Israel’s government on the brink of collapse and drawn widespread warnings that the territory could be plunged into chaos. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
            
              An Israeli soldier adjusts his weapon inside a guard tower at the Gush Etzion junction, the transportation hub for a number of West Bank Jewish settlements, Thursday, June 9, 2022. Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank may soon have a taste of the military rule that Palestinians have been living under for 55 years. A looming end-of-month deadline to extend legal protections to Jewish settlers has put Israel’s government on the brink of collapse and drawn widespread warnings that the territory could be plunged into chaos. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
            
              Israeli settlers wait a bus stop at the Gush Etzion junction, the transportation hub for a number of West Bank Jewish settlements, Thursday, June 9, 2022. Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank may soon have a taste of the military rule that Palestinians have been living under for 55 years. A looming end-of-month deadline to extend legal protections to Jewish settlers has put Israel’s government on the brink of collapse and drawn widespread warnings that the territory could be plunged into chaos. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
            
              An Israeli soldier stands guard at a bus stop as a woman waits for a bus at the Gush Etzion junction, the transportation hub for a number of West Bank Jewish settlements, Thursday, June 9, 2022. Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank may soon have a taste of the military rule that Palestinians have been living under for 55 years. A looming end-of-month deadline to extend legal protections to Jewish settlers has put Israel’s government on the brink of collapse and drawn widespread warnings that the territory could be plunged into chaos. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
            
              An Israeli settler walks to a bus stop at the Gush Etzion junction, the transportation hub for a number of West Bank Jewish settlements, Thursday, June 9, 2022. Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank may soon have a taste of the military rule that Palestinians have been living under for 55 years. A looming end-of-month deadline to extend legal protections to Jewish settlers has put Israel’s government on the brink of collapse and drawn widespread warnings that the territory could be plunged into chaos. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
            
              An Israeli soldier patrols a bus stop as settlers wait for a ride at the Gush Etzion junction, the transportation hub for a number of West Bank Jewish settlements, Thursday, June 9, 2022. Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank may soon have a taste of the military rule that Palestinians have been living under for 55 years. A looming end-of-month deadline to extend legal protections to Jewish settlers has put Israel’s government on the brink of collapse and drawn widespread warnings that the territory could be plunged into chaos. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)