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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Settlers glorify brutal
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<p>Israeli settlers document their own crimes in a
WhatsApp channel celebrating violence against
Palestinians amid rising West Bank tensions.</p>
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<p>A public WhatsApp channel operated by Israeli
settlers has openly celebrated a surge in violent
attacks targeting Palestinians and their property
across <a
href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/condemnations-of-israeli-west-bank--annexation--bill-continu"
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The group, known as Anshei Shlomeinu, meaning \u201cOur
People\u201d in Hebrew, shared a post on Thursday boasting
of assaults carried out throughout September/October
(Hebrew month of Tishrei, which ended on October 22).</p>
<p>The message detailed the number of Palestinian
villages attacked, tallying incidents of homes and
vehicles set ablaze and listing the number of \u201cArabs\u201d
injured. \u201cHappy New Month! An overview of the struggle
against the Arab enemy in the Holy Land in the month
of Tishrei,\u201d the post began, framing the harrowing
settler violence as part of an ideological campaign.</p>
<p>According to the channel, settlers burned 33
Palestinian vehicles, torched 12 homes, and injured 25
Palestinians during the period. The post further
stressed that \u201cthousands of olive trees were
uprooted,\u201d the tires of dozens of cars punctured, and
hundreds of windshields smashed. It also boasted that
\u201cdozens of fields and orchards were set on fire.\u201d</p>
<p>Among the targeted villages were Surif, located south
of the Gush Etzion settlement bloc near al-Quds,
attacked six times; al-Mughayyir, <a
href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-settlers-torch-three-palestinian-cars-near-ramallah"
target="_blank" rel="noopener"
moz-do-not-send="true">north of Ramallah, attacked
five times</a>; and Turmus Ayya, near the Shilo
settlement, also attacked five times.</p>
<h2>Accompanying footage and violent imagery</h2>
<p>The settlers\u2019 post included a montage of videos
documenting these attacks, from vandalized property to
Palestinians assaulted during the olive harvest. One
particularly harrowing clip showed a masked settler
bludgeoning a 52-year-old Palestinian woman in Turmus
Ayya as she picked olives last week.</p>
<p>The brazenness of these visuals underscored <a
href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/ocha--israeli-settlers-launch-71-attacks-amid-west-bank-oliv"
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once confined to extremist circles, is increasingly
being publicized and normalized in open digital
spaces.</p>
<h2>Graffiti and claims of responsibility</h2>
<p>In recent weeks, the Anshei Shlomeinu name has also
appeared at <a
href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-settlers-suffocating-palestinian-shepherds-with-land"
target="_blank" rel="noopener"
moz-do-not-send="true">several attack sites</a>. In
two brutal attacks over the past five weeks, arson and
vandalism against Palestinian property were
accompanied by graffiti attributing the assaults to
the group.</p>
<p>Just last Friday, multiple vehicles were torched in
Deir Dibwan, near Ramallah. Graffiti reading
\u201cGreetings from Anshei Shlomeinu\u201d and \u201crevenge\u201d,
alongside a Star of David, was sprayed on nearby
walls. A similar attack took place on September 19 in
Ramun, only seven kilometers away, where the same
slogan appeared beside another burned vehicle.</p>
<h2>Settler channel\u2019s pattern of posts</h2>
<p>While Anshei Shlomeinu\u2019s administrators rarely claim
responsibility outright, their posts frequently track
and amplify reports of settler violence. The group
regularly shares video evidence of incidents,
captioning them in ways that glorify the perpetrators.</p>
<p>Following the Deir Dibwan attack, the channel posted
security footage, originally circulated by a
Palestinian WhatsApp group, showing four settlers
setting fire to a car. The caption praised the
attackers: \u201cFootage of the true soldiers of God
working tonight in the Deir Dibwan village.\u201d</p>
<h2>Human rights condemnation</h2>
<p>The Israeli human rights organization Yesh Din, which
monitors settler violence and first highlighted Anshei
Shlomeinu\u2019s activities, condemned both the group and
Israeli occupation police for <a
href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-forces-detain-13-palestinians--settlers-attack-west"
target="_blank" rel="noopener"
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attacks</a>.</p>
<p>\u201cThe policies of the Ben Gvir police are expressed
not just in the increase in number and severity of
violent incidents and injury to Palestinians by
settlers, but also by the fact that they are not
afraid to take pride in these crimes in public,\u201d the
organization said.</p>
<p>Yesh Din warned that this growing impunity has
emboldened settlers, most notably extremists. \u201cThe
violent settlers know that they will not be put on
trial, and their sense of impunity exposes defenseless
Palestinians to further terrorist violence,\u201d it
stressed.</p>
<p><strong>Read more: <a
href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/west-bank-sees-757-israeli-settler-attacks-in-one-year"
target="_blank" rel="noopener"
moz-do-not-send="true">West Bank sees 757 Israeli
settler attacks in one year</a></strong></p>
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