Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu minimized the scale of settler violence in the West Bank during a Fox News interview, attributing incidents to what he described as "about 70 kids" from "broken homes."
When asked about rising settler violence and its threat to regional stability, Netanyahu characterized the issue as "much bloated," saying the perpetrators are teenagers "not from the West Bank" who engage in acts like "chopping olive trees" and attempting to burn homes.
While acknowledging he can't accept such vigilantism, Netanyahu drew a sharp distinction between these incidents and what he described as "over a thousand terrorist attempts, terrorist attacks" against Israeli settlers and their families in the region.
"There's no symmetry," Netanyahu said, referring to attacks on "mothers who are driving on the roads there with their children."
