IOF troopers protect "settlers" in burning rampage in Palestine

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Al-Jazeera has an extensive detailed report with many pictures here: 
Rampaging Israeli settlers burn Palestinian homes, cars in Nablus
Dozens of Israeli settlers set Palestinian homes and cars ablaze in the northern town of Huwara amid escalating tensions.
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2023/2/27/photos-israeli-settlers-rampage-in-northern-west-bank

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Israel frees settlers arrested for pogrom in Huwara
Despite growing international condemnation, officials in the far-right Israeli government have called on Palestinian villages to be 'burned' and 'erased'
https://thecradle.co/article-view/22070/israel-frees-settlers-arrested-for-pogrom-in-huwara

Israeli authorities have released eight suspects arrested in connection to Sunday night's rampage by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank village of Huwara, which killed one Palestinian, injured hundreds, and destroyed dozens of homes and vehicles.

According to Israeli media, six settlers were freed, and two others were placed under house arrest. The Times of Israel reports that another six settlers were detained on the morning of 1 March.

The Israeli military estimated that between 300 and 400 people participated in the pogrom.

Authorities said the suspects were suspected of "rioting, setting fire to vehicles and buildings, assaulting Palestinians, causing damage to property in Huwara."

On 26 February, dozens of Israeli settlers descended on the Palestinian village of Huwara, attacking Palestinians with metal rods and rocks. According to eyewitness reports, the Israeli military witnessed the violence but took no action to stop it.

The release of the extremist settlers from detention fits into a pattern of Israeli tolerance for attacks against Palestinians, as only 3 percent of investigations into attacks against Palestinians result in a conviction, and 93 percent of investigations close without an indictment, according to the Israeli rights group Yesh Din.

On 27 February, the US state department released its 2021 report on terrorism in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza, determining that Israeli security forces regularly fail to prevent violent attacks by settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and rarely hold violent settlers accountable.

In response to the violent raid of Huwara, the Israeli general in charge of troops in the West Bank, Yehuda Fuchs, on Tuesday accused Jewish supremacist groups of "spreading terror."

"What happened in Huwara was a pogrom carried out by law-breakers," Fuchs told Israel's Channel 12 news in an interview. "We were not ready for a pogrom on the scale of dozens of people with flammable material and the means to set it on fire, heading to 20 or more places – as well as confronting soldiers and commanders and police at the junction – and setting random Palestinian homes and cars on fire."

However, despite this condemnation – and Washington's strongly worded disapproval of Sunday's pogrom – officials in the far-right government have continued to fan the flames of violence.

Zvika Fogel, a member of Netanyahu's government coalition and a member of the anti-Arab Religious Zionism party, said following the rampage, "a terrorist came out of Huwara – and Huwara was closed and burned. This is what I want to see. That's the only way we'll achieve deterrence."

"Villages should burn when the [army] does not act," he added.

Meanwhile, in a tweet that has since been deleted, Davidi Ben Zion, deputy head of the Samaria Regional Council that governs illegal settlements in the northern occupied West Bank, said the "village of Huwara should be erased."

This tweet was liked by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who leads the Religious Zionism party alongside National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir.

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Israel's military called the settler attack on this Palestinian town a 'pogrom.' Videos show soldiers did little to stop it

See the videos and pictures and read the long article here:  https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/15/middleeast/huwara-west-bank-settler-attack-cmd-intl/