On the law – Anshel Pfeffer in Haaretz:

‘The far-right minister also belatedly addressed Sunday's deadly rampage in the Palestinian town of Hawara in which hundreds of settlers threw stones at houses and set houses and cars on fire for more than five hours, saying "I understand the hard feelings, but this is not the way, we don't take the law into our hands."’

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‘Beforehand, Smotrich had liked a tweet by deputy head of Samaria Regional Council Davidi Ben Zion saying that "the village of Hawara should be wiped out today." Ben Zion, who deleted the tweet after Israeli settlers entered the village, added: "Enough with talk about building and strengthening the settlement, the deterrence needs to happen immediately and there is no room for mercy.”’

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‘Thirty-six houses and 15 functioning vehicles were set ablaze, according to Israel's security establishment. Nine families were also evacuated. In one case, Israeli forces rescued a Palestinian family who were inside their home when settlers torched the house.’

Read the article here.

Wherever civilians believe they can take the law into their own hands a civil war is close by.

The messianic tendencies in Israel are nothing but destructive temptations.

We still have not found an answer to these temptations. And that’s why there are still novelists.