What is Israel’s ‘Netzah Yehuda’ battalion and why could it face U.S. aid cuts?

Israel has lashed out at plans by the United States to impose sanctions on an ultra-Orthodox Israeli military unit known as the Netzah Yehuda battalion for alleged human rights abuses in the occupied West Bank. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said over the weekend that such a move would be the “height of absurdity and … Read more