British officials believed Israel had said it would hold off on moving ahead with construction in E1, a piece of land viewed as vital to a future Palestinian state. Israel said it promised no such thing.
Land in the E1 area, a strategically important patch of land east of Jerusalem, near the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim. Plans by Israel to build there, long postponed, have gained momentum lately.
The Israeli officials said an arrest had been made. The attack was on the eve of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Violence in the territory has grown recently.
Israeli lawmakers have promoted visits to an ancient reservoir in the West Bank that was refilled this summer with water diverted from Palestinian-owned farms.
Saad Nemer, a Palestinian farmer, in a greenhouse on his farm near the West Bank village of Fasayil in August. His crops have withered this summer without water.
In 2016, Elor Azaria killed a Palestinian attacker who had been injured, fueling a public debate both at home and abroad over Israeli military actions.
The former Israeli soldier, Elor Azaria, center, in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 2017. Mr. Azaria was convicted of manslaughter for shooting an injured Palestinian man.
Jailed in Madrid on an extradition request from the United States that his lawyer says is tied to pro-Palestinian activism, James Chambers fears persecution if returned.
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