Published December 20,2023
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Israel‘s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Wednesday defended the settler violence in opposition to Palestinians within the occupied West Bank.
Settler violence “is a marginal phenomenon and there is a sharp decrease in the actions of Jews against Arabs,” Ben-Gvir mentioned throughout a state of affairs evaluation assembly cited by Israeli public broadcaster KAN.
During the assembly, the far-right minister engaged in a confrontation with representatives of the National Security Agency and Shin Bet service in regards to the settler violence.
“How did we get to a situation where you are distributing data independently, which is both incorrect and causes significant damage to the country,” Ben-Gvir requested.
The NAS consultant mentioned new knowledge from the military and Shin Bet highlighted the settler violence in opposition to Palestinians within the West Bank.
Ben-Gvir, a settler himself, responded angrily saying: “Since when do the IDF (army) and the Shin Bet conduct such investigations and publish statistics? There is one body that collects data on crimes, and that is the Israel Police.”
The Shin Bet consultant intervened, saying there was a discrepancy between the info of the police and the military.
“But we think that the police’s data do not reflect all the incidents,” he added.
Israeli settlers have carried out greater than 2,270 assaults this 12 months in opposition to Palestinians and broken their properties, ensuing within the deaths of 17 Palestinians, in response to the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission.
Tensions have been rising throughout the occupied West Bank amid virtually day by day Israeli navy raids into Palestinian cities.
More than 300 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli military fireplace because the begin of the Israeli struggle on the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7 following a cross-border assault by the Palestinian group Hamas, in response to the Health Ministry.
Source: www.anews.com.tr