Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Monday, January 24, 2022
From the Liveblog of
Monday, January 24, 2022
Gantz vows ‘heavy hand’ against settler violence, calls assailants ‘terrorists’
A Palestinian examines damage to a shop allegedly from Jewish extremist stone-throwing in Huwarra, near Nablus, on January 24, 2022. (courtesy)
Defense Minister Benny Gantz pledges to act against recent acts of settler violence “with a heavy hand.”
“Anyone who throws stones, torches vehicles, or uses weapons… is a terrorist and that is how we will treat them,” he says.
“I recently convened a number of discussions on the subject, and we are in the midst of a process aimed at strengthening the forces on the ground, building up the force together with police and the Shin Bet, and concentrating operational and legal resources [in the effort],” Gantz adds.
