Concluding an article about the current situation in Hebron, Ron Ben-Yishai writes,
These are difficult days for the Israeli government, for security forces, and also for the established leaderships of the settlers in Judea and Samaria. If they are unable, through cooperation, to contain the riots and curb them, not only will Israeli democracy be undermined; the whole State of Israel could end up facing chaos and possibly, heaven forbid, a civil war.
There is a more urgent priority for Israel than reaching a deal with the Palestinians and Syrians and that is remaining a state that is governed by laws and democratic institutions. The principle threat to Israel’s democratic institutions doesn’t come from Tehran, or Damascus or Gaza. It comes from the religiofascist settler hordes that have been long coddled by the very state whose institutions they hold in contempt.
Settler extremists living in a disputed house in the West Bank city of Hebron have erected a banner reading “Supreme Court - Sodom.” This obscurantist insult is directed at Israel’s Supreme Court, which has issued the settlers with an eviction order.
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