Israel began tearing down a section of its contentious West Bank separation barrier near a village that has come to symbolise Palestinian opposition to the enclosure.

Israel has today begun work to re-route a section of its West Bank separation barrier to restore land to a village that has become a flashpoint of Palestinian opposition to the enclosure.

A SMALL group of Jewish settlers attacked a delegation of British diplomats during a visit to the West Bank city of Hebron yesterday, the British Consulate said.