"Last week, after masked settlers torched a mosque in Salfit, set fire to Palestinian trucks in Huwara, and beat farmers bloody during what the U.N. calls the worst olive harvest for settler violence across the West Bank since it began keeping track in 2006, things finally got bad enough that Israeli authorities felt compelled to issue strongly worded statements. The IDF told that the violent settlers are "fringe anarchist teenagers" who need "intervention from welfare and education institutions.""
"The head of the army's Central Command, Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth, complained about responding to an "anarchist fringe youth" that diverts resources from counterterrorism. Yesha Council Chairman Yisrael Ganz-who represents the settlers- condemned the "small group of extreme anarchists," while Samaria's regional council leaders denounced the "small band of rioters who travel from place to place with the intent to provoke unrest and behave violently." Even the celebrity rabbi Shmuley Boteach decried "hooliganism and vigilante justice" by "a few rotten apples.""
Masked settlers torched a mosque, set fire to Palestinian trucks, and beat farmers during what the U.N. labels the worst olive harvest for settler violence since 2006. Israeli military and political leaders described perpetrators as fringe anarchist teenagers, a criminal minority, or a handful of extremists. The frequency—about eight attacks per day—and geographic spread from the Hebron Hills to the Tulkarm Governorate indicate a network of outposts embedded across the occupied territory. Perpetrators are not exclusively young; children and teenagers are often used, but the violence reflects broader, sustained mobilization beyond lone vandalism.
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