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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 341

Jewish extremism

IDF troops of the Samaria Regional Brigade operate near Nablus, May 2023 (IDF Spokesperson)
June 5, 2024, 7:04 pm
Aggressive IDF – and PA – operations keep West Bank flashpoint quiet after October 7
Despite last week’s deadly ramming attack, violence is significantly down around Nablus and Huwara after the Samaria Regional Brigade adopted new, more aggressive posture
By Lazar Berman
A truck is seen on fire after being torched by far-right rioters in the central West Bank, March 17, 2024 (Video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 17, 2024, 10:33 am
Extremist settlers again attack truck and injure driver in W. Bank; wound 3 soldiers
Driver in moderate condition; troops lightly injured while confronting rioters, provide medical assistance to driver; US weighing sanctions against those attacking aid
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
An IDF soldier (center) at the scene where far-right activists attacked a truck, leaving the driver (right) laying on the ground bloodied, Givat Asaf Junction, West Bank, May 15, 2024. (X screenshot)
May 15, 2024, 11:58 pm
Far-right activists mistake commercial truck for Gaza aid convoy, attack driver
Two suspects detained at Givat Asaf Junction as extremists apprehended truck, vandalized contents and left Palestinian driver laying on street
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Police face pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel demonstrators near the Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, on May 6, 2024 in New York. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
May 9, 2024, 9:16 pm
Cousin of extremist rabbi Kahane charged after ramming woman at NY anti-Israel protest
Police say Reuven Kahane drove car into safety marshal, who was lightly hurt in NYC incident; Kahane denies links to cousin’s Jewish Defense League, calls his politics ‘pro-peace’
By Jake Offenhartz
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers scuffle with Jewish settlers from the Einav settlement, trying to storm the West Bank town of Deir Sharaf, near Nablus, November 2, 2023. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)
May 3, 2024, 6:48 pm
UK joins European Union in sanctioning supremacist Lehava group and extremist settlers
UK’s Cameron says individuals ‘are undermining security and stability and threatening prospects for peace,’ as four far-right activists sanctioned
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Settlement activists hold a Shabbat event at the Erez crossing on the Israeli border with northern Gaza, March 16, 2024. (Courtesy Shavei Aza and Back to Home)
March 19, 2024, 2:59 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 19: Day 165 – How resettling Gaza is not a quixotic passing fancy
Zman Yisrael editor Biranit Goren on the much-awaited Biden-Netanyahu phone call, how new elections could come about; settlements reporter Jeremy Sharon on new US sanctions
By ToI Staff
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell speaks to the media ahead of a Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on March 18, 2024. (Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)
March 18, 2024, 11:32 pm
EU agrees in principle to impose sanctions on violent West Bank settlers
Union’s 27 members also agree to add further sanctions against Hamas — and will act against Palestinian terror group first to avoid equating sides
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 19, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 24, 2024, 8:21 pm
Daily Briefing Feb 24: Day 141 – Wanted: Clans to run Gaza & more of PM’s postwar plan
US bureau chief Jacob Magid on progess of hostage talks, US’s increasingly strict stance on West Bank settlements, and a massive flour shipment to Gaza
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from the Givechak website of the crowd funding campaign for Yinon Levi, the founder of the illegal Meitarim Farm West Bank outpost after he was put on a US sanctions list. (Screen capture, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 17, 2024, 9:59 pm
Daily Briefing Feb 17: Day 134 – How US sanctions on Jewish extremists may start cascade
US bureau chief Jacob Magid on the White House’s shifting messaging on its support for the war against Hamas
By ToI Staff
Lehava chairman Benzi Gopstein seen after a court hearing at Jerusalem District Court, on January 14, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 14, 2024, 7:23 pm
Jewish extremist Bentzi Gopstein found guilty of incitement to anti-Arab racism
Lehava chair cleared of incitement to violence and to terror, convicted over 2014 remark casting Arabs as ‘cancer’; he says Oct. 7 proved he was right: ‘I’m proud of what I said’
By Michael Horovitz
Head of the IDF Central Command, Maj. Gen. Yehuda Fuchs, during a TV interview on February 28, 2023. (Screenshot: Channel 12; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 27, 2023, 9:02 am
Shin Bet chief said to warn of far-right threats to top general in West Bank
Document sent to PM, president, and cabinet ministers warns that Central Command head Yehuda Fox’s life could be in danger from handful of extremist settlers
By ToI Staff
Longtime Kahanist political figure Baruch Marzel confronts a police officer during an ultranationalist protest outside the Old City of Jerusalem, December 7, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 7, 2023, 11:32 pm
Police shut down ultranationalist march in Jerusalem, saying terms were violated
Small rally organized by Kahanist group was slated to traverse the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City; police said inflammatory signs and chants meant event couldn’t continue
By Jeremy Sharon
Long time Kahanist political operative Baruch Marzel speaks at the launch of the far-right 'Otzma Yehudit' party campaign, ahead of the Israeli elections, in Jerusalem on February 15, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90/ File)
December 6, 2023, 11:05 pm
Far-right groups plan march through Jerusalem Old City’s Muslim Quarter Thursday
Concerns have been raised that march organized by ultranationalists could spark unrest in capital and anger Arab Israeli community
By Jeremy Sharon
Jewish settlers seen during the demolition of six illegally built structures at the outpost of Kumi Ori, outside the Jewish settlement of Yitzhar, in the West Bank, April 22, 2020. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)
October 29, 2023, 4:31 pm
Settler activist given four months of administrative detention
Ariel Danino arrested amid rise in violent attacks against West Bank Palestinians at hands of Jewish settlers since October 7
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Jewish protesters try to break into dorms at the Netanya Academic College, after two Arab students allegedly threw eggs at worshipers earlier in the day, October 28, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 29, 2023, 11:11 am
Police break up angry protest outside Netanya dorm housing Arab students
Jewish residents claim students threw eggs at worshipers after nearby Shabbat service, played loud Arabic music; police disperse protesters outside dorm, no one hurt
By Michael Horovitz
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