It’s a week since hundreds of Israeli settlers descended on the Palestinian village of Hawara to terrorise civilians and burn cars and buildings.
The killing of two young settlers sparked the violence that led Bezalel Smotrich, Israeli finance minister, and now also head of civilian affairs in the occupied territories, to call for the village to be “wiped out”. While he wants the state of Israel to conduct the destruction, settlers have responded by calling for another attack.
The attack has been roundly condemned by many in Israel. Newly elected prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, condemned the settlers, for “taking the law into their own hands.” The top Israeli general in the West Bank, Major General Yehuda Fuchs, went further, calling the attack a “pogrom”.
