In a rare public denunciation of settler attacks on Palestinians from within Israel’s military establishment - retiring chief of the Israeli military’s central command, Maj. Gen. Yehuda Fox, said that “nationalist crime” had recently “reared its head.” Fox’s statement came after a week of particularly intense attacks on Palestinians in the volatile territory. Violence by settlers has flared since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war. The U.N. has documented over 1,000 settler attacks since the war began.
Top Israeli general speaks out against settler violence in the West Bank
In a rare public denunciation of settler attacks on Palestinians from within Israel’s military establishment - retiring chief of the Israeli military’s central command, Maj. Gen. Yehuda Fox, said that “nationalist crime” had recently “reared its head.” Fox’s statement came after a week of particularly intense attacks on Palestinians in the volatile territory. Violence by settlers has flared since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war. The U.N. has documented over 1,000 settler attacks since the war began.
