Democrats chair Golan: Settler violence in Duma not a ‘glitch,’ but government policy

The Democrats chair Yair Golan blasts the government for “unleashing violence in the West Bank,” after dozens of masked settlers descended on the Palestinian village of Duma earlier today and set fire to several homes.

“The pogrom in Duma is not a glitch — it is the result of a deliberate policy,” Golan writes on X. “The government is empowering rioters and unleashing violence in the West Bank, creating a permanent security emergency in order to survive politically.”

“The head of the government is a man who is being closed in on by a ring of investigations, a man who has lost his judgment and the public’s trust,” the left-wing politician fumes. “To stay in office, he is pushing for escalation in Judea and Samaria (the Biblical name for the West Bank) — even at the price of the lives of soldiers and civilians.”

Israel “must not abandon security to a dangerous government that is fueled by fear,” Golan adds. “Israel needs leadership that understands security, in order to rehabilitate, and bring back security and hope.”