Israel’s parliament called for the annexation of all Jewish settlements in the West Bank, a non-binding resolution that still comes as a rejection of international efforts to recognize Palestinian statehood as part of peacekeeping efforts.

Knesset lawmakers vote 71-13 in favour of annexation, raising questions about the future of a Palestinian state.

The Israeli settlers crept up to the ancient church perched above the West Bank’s last Christian-majority town. As they reached the outer walls, they crouched down to light a ring of fire. Then they revved the engines of their secret weapons brought to fan the flames: garden leaf blowers.