The prisoners are seeking an improvement in their prison conditions and an end to administrative detention.

The plight of Palestinians uprooted by Israeli-Arab wars is one of the world's longest-running refugee crises, and a solution for millions of refugees and their descendants appears distant.

"Such a law undermines the two-state solution, further eliminating hopes of peace," the patriarchate said.

The move was the first concrete attempt to counter the contentious measure of West Bank settlements.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he is looking forward to a new era of close relations with the U.S. under Trump.

Embroiled in a legal battle to protect their property from confiscation by the Israeli government, the Nasser family has made their farm a symbol of nonviolent resistance.