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| EU Commission Vice-President, Kaja Kallas |
Unfortunately, the very phrase “settler
violence” raises all kinds of red flags on both sides of the political aisle.
It is a term for what is really a phenomenon involving only a small part of
what is happening. However it casts an entire innocent population into a group
of bottom feeding criminals. Who pass themselves off as vigilantes with a just
cause.
How did we get here?
After the lightning victory over the Arab
nations in 1967 - when Israel regained the territories of Judea and Samaria on
the West Bank of the Jordan River - there was an immediate decision by the
Israeli government to settle it. A few cities were established then that are
today flourishing Jewish communities. Many Israelis were enticed by the
relatively cheaper housing prices in these cities, and since then they have
grown into sizable populations. Several generations of Israelis have lived, or
now live, in these cities, most of them built just East of the pre-67 border.
These settlers are law-abiding citizens with
no interest in harming a single hair on the head of any of their Palestinian
neighbors. And yet they are still called “settlers” by a world community bent
on creating a Palestinian state where they now live. Restrictions on
development due to natural internal growth is seen as an impediment to that by
the conglomerate of European nations called the European Union (and most
Democrats).
But these peace-loving Jews have zero to do
with another group of Jews living in those territories who have been
perpetrating indiscriminate violence against their Palestinian neighbors,
purposely setting up ‘settlements’ near Palestinian villages in an effort to
intimidate them by their mere presence. Sometimes turning into vigilantes with
itchy trigger fingers – seeking revenge for terrorists from among their people
who have murdered innocent Israeli civilians
Although a relatively small minority of Jews,
they are nevertheless large enough to cause a tremendous Chilul HaShem by
inciting Palestinian violence, to which they then respond with violence of
their own. Often with lethal consequences.
These people are a thorn in the side of the
Jewish people that needs to be eradicated. Along with those who defend them in
the Knesset…
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