The order, the military said, ‌only applies to Israelis and not Palestinians. A spokesperson said turning Taybeh into a closed ‌military zone was "due to some violent attacks by Israelis in the region". Taybeh is ​one of the only Christian villages remaining in the West Bank and was visited last year by the Greek Orthodox patriarch and the Roman Catholic cardinal of Jerusalem. Some Western countries have announced sanctions ‌on ​settler groups over violent Israeli attacks on Palestinians. A UN inquiry released on Tuesday ​found ​that Israeli authorities were directly involved ​in settler attacks that have killed, injured and ‌displaced Palestinians in the West Bank.