In recent days, violent Israeli settlers have carried out a series of attacks in the occupied West Bank, hiding behind masks as they set fire to vehicles and the property of Palestinian farmers. They attacked journalists and even confronted soldierswhich caused deep resentment in Israel. Criticism of these acts of violence is growing, even as Benjamin Netanyahu’s government chooses to remain silent.
The President of Israel is Isaac Herzogand senior Israeli Defense Forces commanders condemned the latest attacks recorded this week and called for an end to the spiral of violence. Herzog described this event as follows: “Shocking and serious”called for “all state authorities to act decisively to eradicate this phenomenon.”
“These actions are contrary to our values, cross red lines, and divert the attention of our military from the mission of defending communities and conducting operations. We are determined to stop this phenomenon and will act decisively until justice is served.” Eyal ZamirThe Chief of Staff of the Israeli Armed Forces made this statement on Wednesday after visiting the West Bank, where the military is conducting military exercises.
Reuters reporter Raneen Safta was injured in a settler attack.
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Critics of the coalition have criticized Prime Minister Netanyahu’s cabinet. silently support the attack The colonists who did nothing to stop or condemn them. Avi Brus, commander of the Israeli army in charge of the West Bank, also called on soldiers to intervene and stop “all criminal acts of nationalists.”
Recognized by America There is “certain concern” As he admitted, in case the violence continues to escalate and the peace agreement in the Gaza Strip is at risk. marco rubiothe Trump administration’s foreign affairs chief.
colonists They set at least four trucks ablaze and injured several people. Last Tuesday, east of the West Bank city of Tulkarem. The Israeli military said the rioters who attacked the villages fled into a nearby industrial area and clashed with soldiers trying to quell them, damaging military vehicles. The police pointed out that 4 Israelis arrested – three of whom have already been released – and four other Palestinians were injured.
Neighbors and activists say they’re the same. settlers in uniform – Many reservists living in settlements and outposts – People who attack Palestinians without Israeli military or police intervention until the end of the action.
Israeli soldiers in the village of Beit Ridd in the occupied West Bank.
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The episode, recorded in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, also showed a mosque between the towns of Deir Istiyah and Kafr Haris being burnt down and painted with racist slogans, the latest in a series of attacks by young settlers that have escalated since war broke out in the Gaza Strip two years ago. The assaults have worsened in recent weeks; annual olive harvest It was done by Palestinian farmers.
The United Nations Humanitarian Office reported last week that October saw more attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians in the West Bank than any other month since it began tracking the situation in 2006. 260 or more. Palestinians have denounced this as a movement to expel Palestinians from their land and called for sanctions against groups that “sponsor and support terrorist colonial settlement projects.”
Amjad Amer al-Juneidi, a worker at the dairy factory attacked on Tuesday, said he witnessed what he saw during a “totally organized” attack. person carrying drums of gasolineanother pried open the factory door with a crowbar, and a third set the fuel on fire. “Their entry into the facility was not random. They had a tactic on how to start the fire.”
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