Israelis from settlements of Gush Etzion and Kiryat Arba in the occupied West Bank. Israel is now seeking approval for hundreds of settler homes in the northern West Bank. Photo: AFP

Israeli soldiers try to extinguish a fire in a field that was allegedly set on fire by Israeli settlers from the settlement of Yitshar close to the village of Asera, near the West Bank City of Nablus, last month. Photo: EPA