The Shin Bet is failing to take settler violence seriously, a senior Israeli military official complained to Israeli television on Friday, as attacks across the West Bank continue on a daily basis with almost complete impunity.
There is a dedicated department within the Shin Bet whose job is to thwart such violence, but the military official speaking with Channel 12 news said the Jewish Division had been “doing very little — the minimum.”
“Someone wants the Jewish Division to be weak. They’re not providing us with intelligence or early warnings,” the military official said.
The official reiterated warnings that the situation in the West Bank was on the verge of spiraling out of control, with more and more illegal outposts being established by settlers.
Five new outposts were established in the central West Bank just in the last week, with the Israel Defense Forces struggling to secure all of these different communities and prevent confrontations between settlers and Palestinians.
