Current sectionOpinionShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeSome government ministers openly declare that the expulsion is part of an intentional policy of a permanent takeover of Palestinian land. Such expulsion is defined under international law as a war crimeHaaretzand Michal Saliternik, Eliav Lieblich and David Kretschmer03:50 AM • August 03 2026 IDT"In the media, they call it a terror attack. Ladies and gentlemen, this is not a terror attack. Settlers entered the village here, demanding friction; there's friction, and now there are also casualties." These are the words that former Israel Defense Forces Central Command head Avi Mizrahi – in an interview on 103fm, a local radio station – used to describe the events last Friday in the West Bank village of Tell, when a security squad member, an IDF officer and four Palestinians were killed.In the NewsNetanyahu Creates Alternative Reality to Lure Back VotersIDF Must Reject the Defense Minister's Order to Expel a West Bank Refugee CampThe Battle Over a Jerusalem Cafe May Be the Rallying Cry Secular Israelis NeededWhat Would PM Have in Common With Zelenskyy?'The Haredim Are More Moral Than Most of Your Secular Jews'Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThis Israeli ultra-Orthodox Feminist Activist Has a Warning for U.S. JewsNetanyahu Says Israel Has 'Special Forces' Ready if He's Arrested on NY VisitTwo Female Israeli Soldiers Die by Suicide as IDF Mental Health Crisis DeepensDozens of IDF Soldiers Desert Sde Teiman Base in Protest of CommanderTrump's Irritation, Netanyahu's Desperation: Oval Office Smiles Mask Rifts'I Tried, I Got Crushed by AIPAC': Andy Levin Is All-in for El-Sayed