Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael SecurityAnalysis The hammer-wielding MK's rampage is merely an extreme manifestation of an entire structure of systematic violence carried out by settlers with the army's backing, and at times with its eager assistanceShare 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 formatSubscribeAmos Harel07:15 PM • August 25 2026 IDTThe childish election stunt by MK Zvi Succot, who entered a Palestinian village under military escort and smashed a memorial there, allows the government and the IDF to publicly distance themselves from the actions of the unruly lawmaker.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel settlersPalestiniansIsrael settlementsWest BankIDFIsraeli politicsCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesZvi SuccotNetanyahuHasan PikerBen-GurionSyriaIsrael Space PollHaQuizHaaretz PodcastAmended Montreal City Council Resolution Rejects Call to Suspend Israel TiesHow Israel's Parliament Speaker Turned the Knesset Into Netanyahu's Private ClubRoll With It: How to Make the Ultimate Old-School Israeli Chocolate BallsSliman Mansour, a Defining Figure of Palestinian Art, Dies at 79Second Reform Synagogue Attacked in Israel This Month Amid 'Endless Incitement'Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIAn Israeli Startup Is Reinventing Salmon Farming. It May Upend a Global IndustryThe American Jewish Establishment Is Defending an Israel That No Longer ExistsHasan Piker Talks Hamas, anti-Zionism and Why Americans Are Fed Up With IsraelDavid Remnick on Netanyahu, Mamdani and Israel's 'Failure to Face' GazaBeing Israeli Abroad Has Become Embarrassing. You Don't Talk About ItGermany Found Its Israeli Villain. Will It Continue to Ignore What Produced Him?