Israel’s attorney general ruled yesterday that a secret government decision to seize Jerusalem land of Palestinians living in the West Bank violates Israeli and international law.

IN a precedent-setting decision, Israel's Supreme Court ordered the government yesterday to change a large section of its West Bank separation barrier.

Israel’s Supreme Court ordered the government today to change a large section of its West Bank barrier, saying the current route violates the basic human rights of the local Palestinian population.

Israel’s Supreme Court today ordered the government to suspend work for one week on a section of the West Bank separation barrier around eight Palestinian villages north-west of Jerusalem, an attorney said.