Its rare to see any proper reporting in Israeli TV on the West Bank and the terror that's done by settlers with the full support of the Army and Police. Here is an important and lengthy piece that was broadcast on Channel 13 news this week with english translation.
A group of high ranking ex security figures from the Army and the Mossad visit several Palestinian communities that have been through hell the last few years.
In a bizarre moment one sees a member of the Jordan Valley Activists explain about Moshe Sharvit, a known terrorist in the area who's been violently pushing several communities near his illegal farm(He is banned from European countries). Sharvit is there silently filming . 2 weeks ago I encountered this man and for 75 minutes documented his antiques. A whole performance including curses, playing around with an iron bar(with a weapon on him as well), running into private lands of Palestinian families etc. When I sent one of the videos (which included moments when totally unprovoked he pushed against me) to a more experienced activist I was told - " ah he is usually much worse ". So you can perhaps imagine whats it like for families living under this threat day and night.
At any moment of the day he can appear (with some of his young followers,many of whom are underaged) and create violent chaos. To be honest I am not sure any of us can understand this fully. Of course he rarely gets arrested or stopped by anyone(army or police). Total impunity which is not that different from the impunity Israel gets from the whole wide world while still selling weapons and committing more and more war crimes.
Do watch this to the end . I know that hearing military figures finally understanding what's happening and voicing it can be infuriating(and not a word on their own responsibility) but I still feel the piece is important and could create a little change on the ground... To be clear the violence being used by the army/police against the same Palestinians isnt mentioned even once. Nothing about illegal arrests,beatings and much more. And the way the army is working side by side with the settlers to make the daily life of Palestinians a total nightmare.
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