MK Limor Son Har Melech (Otzma Yehudit) sent a sharp letter to Defense Minister Israel Katz, alleging that Central Command officers are pursuing an independent, hostile policy toward Jewish settlers in Judea and Samaria. She cited two recent incidents and warned that continued inaction amounts to permitting settler bloodshed.
MK Limor Son Har Melech (Otzma Yehudit), Deputy Speaker of the Knesset and a member of the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee, sent a letter to Defense Minister Israel Katz on Tuesday evening. The letter, released by her office, alleges that officers in the IDF Central Command and the Judea and Samaria Division are pursuing a policy that treats pioneer settlers as enemies, in line with what she termed a 'despicable settler violence campaign' and an 'Oslo mentality.'
Son Har Melech cited two specific recent events. The first involves a reported attack on Jewish shepherds near the Tel Talpiyot outpost, adjacent to the settlement of Migdalim, where, according to her, security forces directed their efforts against Jewish residents rather than the Arab assailants. The second concerned an IDF drill in which soldiers simulated a settler protest and practiced dispersing and arresting the participants — a drill first reported by the Kol Haehudi news outlet.
The letter argues that these are not isolated incidents but reflect broader briefings and training that frame the settler public as a central threat. Son Har Melech warned that such directives create a dangerous rift between the IDF and the settler community, especially among youth, and called on the defense minister to intervene immediately and restore what she described as a nationalistic right-wing policy within the military command.
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