Contra current media campaigns, settlers are overwhelmingly law abiding. (Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Contrary to a well-orchestrated campaign, what little violence is being committed by a fringe of settlers is either down or about the same. Terrorism, meanwhile, is on the rise everywhere.
Settlers attacking Palestinians and activists in the West Bank, drawing widespread condemnation ‘It does not represent 99.9% of the population in Judea and Samaria,’ says Josh Hasten, spokesperson for the Gush Etzion Regional Council – in debate with Yariv Oppenheimer, former director of Peace Now.