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Netanyahu Explains Settler Violence in Fox Interview | WATCH
Ohter Israeli news outlets want you to belive there are tens of thousands of Israelis rampaging in Arab towns and burning things. It just isn't true.
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."
The prime minister said he is making "a special effort to stop this vigilantism" and expressed a desire for "peaceful coexistence between the Israelis and the Palestinians who live in Judea and Samaria, which is part of our ancestral homeland."
Netanyahu's comments come amid international concern over settler violence, which human rights organizations and UN officials have documented as a growing problem in Judea and Samaria.