We will need decades of rehabilitation of this genocidal society.” As Israeli settler violence surges across the occupied West Bank, Israeli journalist and humanitarian Orly Noy says the reaction inside Israel has exposed how deeply the public has been conditioned to accept violence against Palestinians. The latest escalation began after armed illegal Israeli settlers raided the Palestinian village of Tal on Friday, where four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers were killed during clashes. Initial reports blamed Palestinians for the killings, but Israeli media have since reported that military investigators increasingly believe one of the soldiers may have been killed by Israeli fire. “The brainwash is so deep that the entire Israeli discourse is about a pogrom carried out by Palestinian terrorists, and they want revenge.” Since the incident, illegal Israeli settlers have intensified attacks on Palestinian communities throughout the occupied West Bank, while the Israeli military has imposed a military lockdown under what it calls “counterterrorism measures”.
