Israeli media outlets have discussed the dangers of settlers escalating their attacks on Palestinians and their property.West Bank The latest of which was the attack on the Palestinian village of Jit, where analysts saw that these policies contribute to increasing Israel’s international isolation and the Arab world’s unity against it.
The people of the town spent Jet Located east of Qalqilya Governorate in the West Bank, last Thursday was a night of terror after dozens of settlers attacked their town and burned homes and vehicles.
Channel 13 confirmed that dozens of Jewish youths stormed the village and set fire to homes and cars, killing one person and wounding another, noting that despite these events, no suspect has been arrested so far.
Meanwhile, the director general of the Yesh Din human rights organization, Ziv Shtal, told the channel that there has been a noticeable increase in settler violence since October 7, and explained that 94% of the cases brought to the police are closed without charges being filed.
This is what the channel’s military affairs analyst, Alon Ben David, saw as a “deliberate policy” in the West Bank through which the authorities seek to create a reality in which crimes can be committed without accountability, noting that the interventions of the Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir In changing the responsible officers comes to ensure that no investigations are conducted.
Knesset Support
For his part, Channel 12 military affairs correspondent Nir Dvori pointed out that political support from Knesset It contributes, in turn, to accelerating the violence in the West Bank, noting that last month witnessed the occurrence of 70 crimes of a Jewish nationalist nature.
As for the political affairs analyst on the same channel, Amnon Abramovitch, he pointed out that Jewish nationalist violence has increased significantly since 2016, and stressed that those involved in these events rely on precise organization via social media platforms, with a complete absence of political will to confront them.
In turn, former Israeli army spokesman Avi Benayahu believes that the situation has become more difficult due to the presence of extremists in the government, pointing out that the control of Ben Gvir and the Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich The security services contribute to undermining the state’s ability to confront security challenges.
Channel 12 military affairs analyst Yoav Limor explained that the new law, which limits the Shin Bet’s ability to carry out administrative detentions, will restrict the security services’ ability to confront threats, stressing that these policies will lead to an escalation of anger in the Arab world and its unification against Israel.
Meanwhile, Yossi Yehoshua, a military affairs analyst for Channel 24 and Yedioth Ahronoth, confirmed that the extremists who carry out these attacks are terrorists in every sense of the word, wondering about the role of the army in confronting them.
