# What’s behind Netanyahu’s condemnation of weekend settler pogroms?

https://mins.news/en/item/37719

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-30 16:06 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/30/whats-behind-netanyahus-condemnation-of-this-weekends-settler-pogroms?traffic_source=rss

> Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed the West Bank violence on a “handful of rioters” and called for their arrest. Analysts told Al Jazeera that the public condemnation is a calculated effort to shield a state-backed settlement expansion campaign, as settlers attacked Palestinians and torched property in Qusra, Jalud and other locations with little apparent police response.

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