Tel-Chai Nation

The Israeli public security minister made a harmful statement while in discussions with a US official:

Public Security Minister Omer Barlev faced backlash Monday from right-wing lawmakers after discussing the alleged settler violence against Palestinians in Judea and Samaria with Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland.

Barlev told the senior American diplomat that Israel was working to tackle the phenomenon and was taking steps to bolster police presence in the area. He also added that efforts were directed to provide clearer instructions to Israeli troops on how to deal with attacks by Jews on Palestinians.

In response, Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked took to Twitter: "You are confused. The settlers are the salt of the earth. The violence that is shocking is the dozens of cases of stone-throwing and beatings of the Jews that happen daily, and all this with the encouragement and support of the Palestinian Authority. I suggest that you talk about this violence with Madam Nuland."

Religious Affairs Minister Matan Kahana echoed Shaked's criticism and said settlers were "not violent, but pioneers. It is sad to see a security man rich in experience and years, get such a false and distorted narrative."

Religious Zionist Party leader Bezalel Smotrich joined the storm, and called Barlev "a bastard."

"Hundreds of thousands of heroic settlers suffer terrorism daily and pay dearly in blood and you despicably spill their blood and take part in a false and antisemitic campaign that slanders them," Smotrich tweeted. He also criticized Shaked for "making [Barlev] a minister."

Shaked is certainly responsible for enabling such an embarrassment to become a government minister, so her response doesn't carry much weight, nor does Kahana's. This is one of the most truly disgusting examples the usurpers of the Netanyahu government could perform, and now, it's bound to have some very damaging effects.

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