Current sectionWest Bank NewsFollowing the violent raids throughout Saturday, Netanyahu said that the settlers' actions were 'damaging Israel's standing in the world.' An opposition MK called the prime minister's condemnation a 'deceptive ploy' and the violent settlers his 'emissaries'Share 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 formatSubscribeMatan Golan, Jonathan Lisand Noa ShpigelAugust 29, 2026Updated:06:39 PM IDTPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the raid by Israeli settlers of the Palestinian villages of Qusra and Jalud on Saturday, calling the perpetrators "a handful of lawless rioters who are causing grave harm to the law-abiding settler community" and "damaging Israel's standing in the world."Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel settlersPalestiniansWest BankIDFBenjamin NetanyahuIsaac HerzogGadi EisenkotCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesWest BankIDF VideoGaza Militias Iran RegimeNetanyahu CampaignOfer WinterSuper El NiñoPollHaQuizHaaretz PodcastNetnayahu: Settlers Who Raided Palestinian Village 'Handful of Lawless Rioters'Dozens of Settlers Wound Palestinians, Attack Foreign Journalists in W. BankRoger Waters, Annie Ernaux Among 200 Urging Venice Festival: 'Act for Palestine'Nerve Stimulation Could Fight Depression and Inflammation. Too Good to Be True?Iranians Increasingly Sceptical Amid Supreme Leader's Prolonged AbsenceRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHasan Piker Talks Hamas, anti-Zionism and Why Americans Are Fed Up With Israel'Israel Is Sending Militias to Commit War Crimes – and I Have to Protect Them'Israeli Court Acquits Man of Assaulting Nun in Jerusalem's Old CityBeing Israeli Abroad Has Become Embarrassing. You Don't Talk About ItPoll: Likud Sinks to 19 Seats as New Right-wing Party Falls Below ThresholdJewish Space Lasers? Israel Wants 'Rods From God'