High-ranking Israeli police officer entered West Bank village with IDF troops to seize ancient stone

Meir Rotter, head of the police's ultra-Orthodox community department, confiscated a carved lintel from a home in Kafr Dhaba without Civil Administration archaeologists present and in an area under Palestinian Authority control; police say the incident will be investigated

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Meir Rotter, head of the police's ultra-Orthodox community department, confiscated a carved lintel from a home in Kafr Dhaba without Civil Administration archaeologists present and in an area under Palestinian Authority control; police say the incident will be investigated

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Nir Hasson

12:37 AM • March 17 2026 IST

A police officer accompanied by an Israeli military force, entered a Palestinian village in the West Bank and illegally confiscated an ancient carved stone over the weekend.

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