Last hardliners evicted from West Bank settlement

Israeli police forced hardline Jewish settlers from the barricaded synagogue of a wildcat outpost in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, completing an emotive battle to evict residents. The operation, by hundreds of police at the Amona outpost near Ramallah, was the final act of a drama which prompted the government to pledge building a new settlement for the first time in 25 years. Israel has now approved more than 6,000 homes for settlers since US President Donald Trump took office having sign