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The images below -- via Israeli human rights group B’Tselem -- come from a
spate of settler attacks across the West Bank this year.

In some cases, Israeli settlers appear to be using American-made weapons.
In almost all cases, security forces have been present, but have done
little to protect Palestinian civilians or arrest Israeli settlers engaged
in vandalism, intimidation and violence.

[ [link removed] ]Distressing images showing settler violence

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I’m a former IDF officer. My children have both served in the IDF. I’ve
trained hundreds of young recruits. And I continue to be disgusted by
these attacks.

Earlier this year, 100 Israeli soldiers wrote an open letter calling on
the Israeli government to do more to stop the violence and end the
impunity. “Settler violence has been raging for years,” they wrote, “and
is being answered with tacit support.”

Enabling this violence is a moral failure, a violation of Israel’s
founding values, and a threat to Israel’s future as a just, democratic
homeland for the Jewish people. It feeds a cycle of injustice and
retaliation which undermines our security, degrades the IDF’s reputation
and increases the risk of reprisals.

As Israel’s closest ally and strongest security partner, the United States
cannot turn a blind eye when our shared values are being violated. The
State Department must press Israeli authorities to stop these attacks and
hold perpetrators accountable.

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At J Street, we’re also calling on the Biden administration to investigate
whether any US-supplied weapons or equipment are being used to support or
enable such attacks, or to raid, surveil or detain peace activists. The
administration must make clear that such uses violate US law.

When we talk about this violence, we must also recognize that these
attacks have a clear political motivation as well. They are part of an
effort to push Palestinians from their land, to build more settlements and
to entrench permanent, undemocratic control over Palestinian territory --
and we cannot allow this to succeed.

The right-wing vision of permanent occupation destroys lives, violates our
values and is corrosive to our shared vision of a just, democratic
homeland for the Jewish people.

Any system which maintains indefinite military control over millions of
non-citizens who are denied democratic rights and access to justice will
always be rife with violence and impunity. We must commit ourselves to a
better future.

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Thank you, sincerely, for supporting this work.

Nadav Tamir
Executive Director, J Street Israel


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