Serial incidents in Hebron between military and Israeli NGO activists. The staff of the Israeli army castigates the acts of violence on the part of the soldiers, but the Minister of National Security of the future far-right government takes the side of the soldiers.
With our correspondent in Jerusalem, Michael Paul
” Ben-Gvir will put some order here. It’s over for you. These are the comments made by an Israeli soldier in Hebron before beating up an Israeli left-wing activist who came to support the city’s Palestinian residents.
The incident caused a stir Israel. The images broadcast on a loop by social networks and televisions provoked many reactions. Especially since it is the third in a few days involving the same brigade. “ You’re a traitor and I wish you had cancer all over your body “, had notably launched a soldier to an activist of an NGO.
The soldier was immediately suspended by his superiors. Israeli Chief of Staff General Aviv Kochavi issued an agenda, castigating soldiers’ conduct during incidents involving excessive use of force.
The military police opened investigations, but for Itamar Ben-Gvir, future Minister of National Security and himself a resident of Hebron, it is left-wing activists who are to blame. ” I know these leftists well who come to Hebron. They provoke the soldiers, insult them and often attack them too “, he claimed in interviews.
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