Opposition MK: Netanyahu government complicit in West Bank settler rampage

Democrats MK Gilad Kariv accuses Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of being complicit in the latest settler rampage against Palestinians in the West Bank.

“These are not ‘hilltop youth,’ but organized militias. These are not weeds. This is policy. And [the government’s] policy is to light the hostage deal on fire,” Kariv tweets, pointing to Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s threats to quit the government if war against Hamas does not resume and to Defense Minister Israel Katz’s decision to release all remaining settlers who were under administration detention over alleged involvement in violent attacks against Palestinians.

Katz explained the move by claiming that Palestinians should not be the only ones celebrating in the West Bank, as security prisoners are released from Israeli detention as part of the hostage-ceasefire deal in Gaza.

כוחות מג"ב וצה"ל פועלים לפיזור מתפרעים יהודים שנכנסו לכפר ג'ינסאפוט בשומרון – והחלו להצית בתים וכלי רכב@OmerShahar123 @roysharon11 @nurityohanan pic.twitter.com/LZwEF0qI7g

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