Former Israeli security chiefs implicate the Netanyahu government in enabling and financing settler terrorism, demand that the youth of the hills be outlawed Former Israeli military, intelligence, police and judicial officials demanded on October 24 from Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, War Minister Israel Katz and Shin Bet chief David Zini to define the extremist settler movement "Hill Youth" and its associates as a terrorist organization, reported You. In an official letter, the signatories documented the systematic terror movements of Palestinian citizens in the West Bank through shooting, physical and sexual assaults, arson, theft of property, destruction of olive trees, attacks on mosques and forced displacement. The letter refers directly to Israel's political leadership, citing political backing by senior ministers, Netanyahu and Katz, aimed at inaction or even encouraging terrorist attacks, and direct and indirect government funding. She claims that these actions are aimed at expelling Palestinians from their homes, taking control of their lands and water resources and expanding the Jewish settlements. The signatories also report that Israeli soldiers sometimes participate in settler attacks, while security forces do not routinely intervene and instead interfere with Israeli activists trying to protect Palestinians. The signatories, including former Minister of War Moshe Ya'alon, former head of the Mossad Tamir Pardo, and former head of the Shin Bet Ami Ayalon, condemn the failure of the army, the police and the Shin Bet to fulfill their legal responsibilities. They also criticize Katz's restrictions on administrative arrest and removal orders against Jewish suspects, and demand an immediate end to state funding, confiscation of state assets used by those assisting the movement and enforcement of anti-terror laws.

Former Israeli security chiefs implicate the Netanyahu government in enabling and financing settler terrorism, demand that the youth of the hills be outlawed Former Israeli military, intelligence, police and judicial officials demanded on October 24 from Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, War Minister Israel Katz and Shin Bet chief David Zini to define the extremist settler movement "Hill Youth" and its associates as a terrorist organization, reported You. In an official letter, the signatories documented the systematic terror movements of Palestinian citizens in the West Bank through shooting, physical and sexual assaults, arson, theft of property, destruction of olive trees, attacks on mosques and forced displacement. The letter refers directly to Israel's political leadership, citing political backing by senior ministers, Netanyahu and Katz, aimed at inaction or even encouraging terrorist attacks, and direct and indirect government funding. She claims that these actions are aimed at expelling Palestinians from their homes, taking control of their lands and water resources and expanding the Jewish settlements. The signatories also report that Israeli soldiers sometimes participate in settler attacks, while security forces do not routinely intervene and instead interfere with Israeli activists trying to protect Palestinians. The signatories, including former Minister of War Moshe Ya'alon, former head of the Mossad Tamir Pardo, and former head of the Shin Bet Ami Ayalon, condemn the failure of the army, the police and the Shin Bet to fulfill their legal responsibilities. They also criticize Katz's restrictions on administrative arrest and removal orders against Jewish suspects, and demand an immediate end to state funding, confiscation of state assets used by those assisting the movement and enforcement of anti-terror laws.