The Settler Violence WhatsApp Group

And the IDF response

In response to an earlier post, several people predictably still denied that settler violence is a real phenomenon. And so I would like to share some very clear testimonials, from the very people who do it, who are not shy about it. They have a WhatsApp group dedicated to documenting and bragging about their acts of indiscriminate violence against Arabs. They even have celebratory monthly tallies of their attacks. Here’s the report from last month:

*סיכום חודש במאבק באוייב הערבי בארץ הקודש בחודש אדר:*

רשימת כפרים שהותקפו ומספר התקיפות:

מוכמוס (5), מאספר יטא (3), רמון (2), ג’אלוד (2) ,אבו פאלח (2), חמאמת אל מליחמ(2), קוצרא(2) , ביתא (2), יתמא, עין כרם, תל, סוסיא, אל מועייר, חאן אל אחמר, ג’בע, תיאסיר, ג’מעין, דומא, רשיידה, ואדי רחים, טמון, בורין, קרוואת בני חסן, עקבת חסנה, חלחול, מרדא, חברון.

*מספר רכבים שנשרפו:* 19

*מספר בתים שהוצתו:* 16

*מספר ערבים שנפצעו:* 37

*מספר תגי מחיר:* 6

*2 מסגדים הוצתו*

*בנוסף נופצו מאות שמשות וחלונות*

*נכרתו מאות עצי זית*

*ופונצ׳רו עשרות צמיגים*

Want to join the group and see for yourself? Here’s the links:

> *לקבוצה https://chat.whatsapp.com/EVbh2kntVab6WsxRErqBlJ?mode=hqrc*

> *לערוץ https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VapnPR6002T0bjzvm42Q*

Again, it’s still true that haters of Israel inflate it beyond its actual extent, fabricate stories, ignore the reason why the entire situation exists in the first place, and propose “solutions” that would cause even more suffering. But we need to acknowledge that the phenomenon does exist, and we need to denounce it and fight it.

Meanwhile, I would like to report some good news: a friend of mine who is involved at high level with the IDF told me that the IDF takes these things very seriously. There certainly seems to be a question as to why there are so few arrests and convictions. But it was reported yesterday that an entire IDF battalion has been relocated from Lebanon to the West Bank in order to deal with the problem of settler violence. Of course this also demonstrates how these people are immensely harmful to the state, forcing it to relocate forces from fighting Hezbollah terrorists to restoring law and order in the Shomron.

On this topic, I have a story to share, that I heard from my son who just came back from Lebanon. It contains sensitive elements, so I am restricting it to paid subscribers.