30/6/2025–|Last update: 18:01 (Mecca time)
Israeli newspapers have said that security regimes have been repeatedly failed to put an end to the violence of “extremist settlers”, as the government gives them the freedom to attack the Palestinians and Israeli soldiers alike without consequences, which reflects the dominance Right -wing Inside the state institutions.
The Haaretz newspaper condemned in its editorial the recent attack, which was carried out by about 70 settlers over 5 hours against Israeli soldiers near the village of Kafr Malik, northeast. Ramallah In the West Bank, without the army shooting the aggressors, while a settler was only wounded with a sponge bullet.
On the other hand, the newspaper pointed out that the Palestinians in the West Bank are targeted by live bullets for unbearable acts, and asked about “How is Jewish allowed to attack the army without punishment, while the Palestinian is killed just because he approached a soldier?”
“90% of the army’s time in the West Bank is lost on attempts to prevent settler youth from destabilizing security and burning homes.”
The newspaper stated that the same group of settlers that attacked the soldiers stormed the village 48 hours ago and burned homes and cars, and the incident led to the martyrdom of 3 Palestinians at the army’s fire during the same event.
Haaretz confirmed that the attackers, whom the Prime Minister described Benjamin Netanyahu They were “a minority that does not represent the majority of settlers”, strangled a soldier and threw a burning bottle at the forces, tried to run over other soldiers, and shocked military vehicles with cars.
It is reported that Netanyahu is required For the International Criminal Court Accusation War crimes in Gaza Strip.
Haaretz pointed out that the occupation leaders refused to describe the violence of the settlers as “terrorism”, although they attacked the country’s army, while a “terrorist” describing as lenient on the Palestinians even when they participated in peaceful protests.
Political and security cover
The Jerusalem Post – in an analytical report – indicated that “the Israeli security services have lost their control over Jewish extremists,” especially with the cancellation of the Minister of Defense Israel Katz Administrative detention For settlers.
She added that a device The Shin Bet Administrative detention was used in a limited way against Jewish extremists, but its effectiveness as a deterrent mechanism retreated after Katz stopped working in January 2025, and all the Jewish detainees were released, despite the objection of the security services.
The newspaper accused Katz of implementing this decision, as part of a secret political deal to satisfy the Minister of Finance SmotrichWho threatened to bring down the government due to the prisoner exchange deal at the beginning of the year.
The Jerusalem Post also criticized the Minister of National Security Etamar bin GhafirNoting that his political interference in the police work in the West Bank resulted in covering up settlers and manipulating intelligence, which prompted the Public Prosecution to open a criminal investigation against security leaders close to it.
In another report, the newspaper confirmed that allowing the extremist settlers to act without an account not only weakens the image of Israel, but also exhausts the army, which has become forced to spend its resources to pursue the Israelis instead of “confronting the terrorism committed by the Palestinians,” according to the newspaper.
In its report, it was based on data published by the Ministry of Defense, stating that the national national attacks in the West Bank increased by 30% this year, from 318 incidents in the first half of 2024 to 414 in the same period from 2025.
This increase is attributed – according to what the newspaper quoted by analysts – to the confidence that extremists feel as a result of the presence of ministers from the extreme right such as Ben Ghaffir and Hemottich in the government.
Haaretz concluded its editorial that the West Bank – like Gaza – has become a “parallel laws”, where the state imposes a double security system that protects the Jews and suppresses the Palestinians, and gives settlers “complete immunity” even when they target the soldiers.