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Monday, November 17, 2025
Sa’ar after West Bank attack: ‘The Jewish rioters harm the State of Israel, disgrace Judaism’
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Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar condemns the dozens of Israeli settlers who launched an attack on a West Bank Palestinian village this evening, calling their actions a “disgrace” and damaging to the Jewish settlement movement.
“The Jewish rioters in Judea and Samaria harm the State of Israel, disgrace Judaism, and cause damage to the settlement project. They are not us. They are not the State of Israel,” he writes on X, using the biblical term for the West Bank.
“The IDF, Shin Bet, and the Israeli Police must act decisively and firmly to stop this rampage, which is also directed at our soldiers and police officers,” he adds.
The Jewish rioters in Judea and Samaria harm the State of Israel, disgrace Judaism, and cause damage to the settlement project.
They are not us. They are not the State of Israel.
The IDF, the Shin Bet, and the Israel Police must act decisively and firmly to stop this rampage,…— Gideon Sa'ar | גדעון סער (@gidonsaar) November 17, 2025
The Israeli military is currently pursuing the civilians following the incident, which the IDF said was tied to the evacuation and demolition of an illegal outpost near the settlement of Efrat earlier today.
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