Liberman blasts Jewish extremists who attacked IDF’s top West Bank commander yesterday

Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Liberman slams Jewish extremists who attacked the IDF Central Command Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth and other officers yesterday in Hebron, accusing them of joining Israel’s enemies in harming state security.

“Any harm to the soldiers who give their lives for Israel’s citizens must be dealt with harshly and those responsible must be brought to justice,” he says.

Five suspects were arrested by police after they chased Bluth and the soldiers accompanying him during an annual pilgrimage in the West Bank city, calling the IDF commander a “traitor.” The head of Central Command typically has a fraught relationship with settler extremists, since the army is tasked with trying to keep them in check in the West Bank.

The IDF said that the group of young suspects chased Bluth and tried to block an exit that the military needed for operational activity.