IDF chief speaks with settler leader amid surging West Bank violence

Gush Etzion Regional Council Chairman Shlomo Ne'eman attends a press conference of the Yesha Council outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, August 12, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Gush Etzion Regional Council Chairman Shlomo Ne'eman attends a press conference of the Yesha Council outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, August 12, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The head of a settler umbrella group speaks with IDF chief Aviv Kohavi amid surging violence in the West Bank, according to the former’s office.

Yesha Council chief Shlomo Ne’eman was updated by Kohavi on the military’s ongoing anti-terror operations, according to a statement from the organization.

“The Yesha Council chairman asked the chief of staff to emphasize the army’s operations against the throwing of rocks and Molotov cocktails,” the statement says.

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