The argument says European Jews came to Palestine intentionally to displace Arabs.

Hashomer Yosh says it does not engage in violent activity of any kind.

A Palestinian man was reportedly killed in the Samarian town.

“I felt that you couldn’t rely on the army—no one, in fact. My husband was conscripted and I needed a tool to save my children,” said Esther Sultan from Beit El.

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.