........only trying to save their farms, animals, livelihood and holy lives from terrorist instigators!
Ben Gvir: IDF Brass Lying about ‘Settler Violence’
A confrontation took place between National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and representatives of the NSA and the Shin Bet regarding the accusations of “settler violence,” Reshet Bet Radio reported Wednesday morning. Ben Gvir demanded clarification from Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, asking: “How did we get to a situation where you are distributing data independently, which is both incorrect and causes significant damage to the country?”
During a weekly situation assessment meeting Ben Gvir held about two weeks ago, the minister presented data that were presented by the police and asserted, “The police presented clear data, there is no ‘settler violence.'”
[…] “ An angry Ben Gvir responded: “What do you mean? Since when do the IDF and the Shin Bet conduct such investigations and publish statistics? ”
[…] “ to receive clarifications from NSA and the defense minister as to how we came to the situation where you are distributing data independently which is both incorrect and causes significant damage to the state.”
[…] “ “99% percent of the hilltop youths do not harm anyone, neither the army nor anyone else. There is no such concept as ‘settler violence.’ I’ve been saying this on numerous occasions. There are violent incidents in all kinds of places around the country,” Fox reiterated.”
“ However, as I (David Israel ) reported on December 14 (Biden Suspends Sale of 20K Rifles to ‘Violent Settlers’ following General Yehuda Fox’s ‘Secret Report’), the same Major General Fox authored a document warning that the police do not deal with Jewish terrorism in the territories because they follow a directive from National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.”
Read full article at https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/settlements-israel/ben-gvir-idf-brass-lying-about-settler-violence/2023/12/20/
THE JPOST REPORTS:
Why is that? Since October 7, world leaders, led by US President Joe Biden, have sprinkled their condemnations of Hamas and their decrying of the overall situation in the Middle East with an obligatory talking point about quelling “Jewish extremist violence” in the West Bank.
Another reason is that the US and UK have imposed sanctions against violent settlers. And there are headlines like this one on Reuters: “US delays sale of assault rifles to Israel over settler violence.” By no means should Jewish extremist violence be whitewashed. Nor should it be implied that it does not exist; it does and it needs to be condemned and stopped.
But it is also by far not the main source of violence in the West Bank. If you are a Palestinian driving the roads in Judea and Samaria, you are concerned about being stopped at an IDF checkpoint. You are not, however, worried about being gunned down randomly in a drive-by shooting. That is the unique preserve of Jews plying those roads.
Jews, including “extremist settlers,” are not waking up in the morning thinking about how to go out and murder innocent Palestinian civilians. But the terrorist who shot at Mevaseret Cohen’s car was thinking exactly about how to go out and murder innocent Jews.
Hallel and Yagel Yaniv; Elan Ganeles; Lucy, Maia and Rina Dee; Meir Tamari; Ofer Fayerman; Harel Masood; Elisha Anteman; Shmuel Mordoff; Aviad Nir; Shai Migreker; Batshvea Nagari; and Elhanan Klein are all Jews who have been murdered by Palestinian terrorists on West Bank roads since the beginning of the year. That is also the type of violence that should rile up the world – yet it doesn’t.
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-778907
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