IDF officials told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee last month that “there is no such concept as settler violence” in Judea and Samaria.

Between Oct. 7, 2023 and Feb. 24, 2024, authorities registered 256 incidents, a decrease of 50% compared to the same period a year earlier.

“There is nationalistic crime, but we are talking about a few incidents,” senior military officials said.

An investigation shows that except for one of the seven, previously linked to violent incidents against Arabs, the other six were not known to the Shin Bet and Israel Police.

“The Jewish people have a historic and legal right to live in the land of Israel including in Judea and Samaria—the biblical heartland,” said Mike Johnson.

One of the many distressing aspects of the campaign to criminalize Israeli civilians is that it’s apparently the first target. The next one? The IDF.

Hagar Gefen had come to “protect” Arab shepherds from alleged “settler violence” in the region.

“We’re talking about simple families that work in agriculture. We must defend their right to live,” Likud lawmaker Amit Halevi told JNS.

As of Jan. 1, there were 517,407 Jews living in the area, not including eastern Jerusalem.