JERUSALEM ( Associated Press) — Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett praised Tuesday the recent decision to expand Jewish settlements in the West Bank despite the fact that the Palestinians and most of the international community consider it illegal. During a visit to the Elkana settlement, Bennett said that the settlement expansion is a response to recent Palestinian violence. Palestinians see settlement construction as the main obstacle to peace because it undermines their hopes of creating an independent state on land Israel seized during a war. “In the face of enemy violence, the Zionist response has always been settlement, security and...