Why are Israelis turning a blind eye to settler violence? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Shlomi Eldar

Shlomi Eldar

Aug 3, 2015

Left-wing protesters write slogans on signs before a protest condemning Friday's arson attack in the West Bank, at Rabin square in Tel Aviv August 1, 2015. Some 3,000 demonstrators gathered for the rally organised by the Israeli anti-settler group Peace Now against the attack by suspected Jewish assailants who torched a Palestinian home in the occupied West Bank on Friday, killing an 18-month-old toddler and seriously injuring three other family members, an act that Israel's prime minister described as terr — Left-wing protesters write slogans on signs before a protest condemning Friday's arson attack in the West Bank, at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, Aug. 1, 2015. — REUTERS/Baz Ratner

עִברִית

Palestinian villagers stand in front of Jewish settlers after they were detained in the West Bank village of Qusra near Nablus January 7, 2014. Palestinian villagers on Tuesday detained and beat up a group of Israeli settlers before freeing them, accusing the group of having thrown rocks at farmers tending their fields in the occupied West Bank. The incident added to simmering tensions between Israeli settlers and Palestinian villagers in the West Bank with the United States struggling to usher forward Isra

Israeli 'price tag' extremists determined to set the territories ablaze

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

Incoming Israeli President Reuven Rivlin swears in during a ceremony at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem July 24, 2014. Rivlin, a right-wing legislator opposed to the creation of a Palestinian state, was elected Israel's president last month to replace the dovish Shimon Peres in the largely ceremonial post. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR400QM

Former Rabin associate says incitement in Israel now worse than lead-up to assassination

Shlomi Eldar

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem August 2, 2015. REUTERS/Gali Tibbon/Pool - RTX1MPPP

Does Netanyahu's 'Terror is terror' comment really mean anything?

Akiva Eldar

Has Israel's civil war already started?

Shlomi Eldar