A public WhatsApp channel run by Jewish extremists posts a message in the group boasting of how many attacks had been carried out against Palestinian civilians and their property in the West Bank over the course of the Hebrew month of Adar, which ended on Wednesday.
The attacks touted included five targeting the Palestinian village of Mikhmas, three targeting the Jordan Valley region of Masafer Yatta and attacks targeting 26 other villages.
In these attacks, 19 vehicles were destroyed, dozens of tires were slashed, 16 homes were destroyed, 37 Palestinians were injured and two mosques were torched, according to the message.
Such attacks take place on a near-daily basis, with almost complete impunity.
Yesterday, a lawmaker from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party said she was not familiar with the phenomenon at all.
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