Israeli politicians, including current and former government ministers, denounced the violence of far Right Jewish settlers in the West Bank over recent days, including the arson attack on a security facility on Sunday night.
"No civilized country can tolerate violent and anarchic acts of burning a military facility, damaging IDF property, and the attacking of security personnel by citizens of the country," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated.
"Anyone who commits such acts undermines the rule of law and harms the country. I call on law enforcement authorities to quickly investigate the events and bring the full severity of the law to bear on the rioters," Netanyahu added.
"The settler community is an example and role model for the development of the country, significant service in the IDF, and a contribution to preparing Torah scholars. We will not allow a handful of rioters to tarnish an entire community," he concluded.
"This phenomenon must be immediately put to an end. We will take all necessary measures and uproot this violence from its roots – no one will dare raise their hand against IDF soldiers or security forces," Defense Minister Israel Katz (Likud) said, while scheduling an urgent meeting with all security officials to discuss the issue.
"IDF soldiers and security forces are working day and night to protect the settlers and combat Palestinian terrorism through unprecedented offensive operations in Judea and Samaria," Katz added.
"Many of the soldiers are reserve soldiers who have been serving with exceptional dedication for hundreds of days since the October 7th events, and we will not allow any violent group to harm them. We will take all necessary steps to put an end to this phenomenon," he concluded.
"The event we saw tonight, which is part of a severe wave of additional events, begins with a dangerous wind on the back of violence and Jewish terrorism, blowing from ministers in the government," Former defense minister and IDF chief of staff MK Benny Gantz (National Unity) wrote on X/Twitter.
"It starts with the intentional weakening of the police, attacks on the Shin Bet [Israel Security Agency] and the IDF instead of on the rioters," Gantz said.
"Weak condemnations will not stop the violence – only actions will," he added.
"Harming security forces, security facilities, and IDF soldiers, who are our sons, our brothers, and our protectors, is a red line, and they must be dealt with to the fullest extent," National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir (Otzma Yehudit) wrote.
"We are brothers," he added.
"I strongly condemn the violence against the IDF and security forces. Such events are unacceptable, and the criminals must be punished severely," Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (New Hope-United Right) stated.
"The IDF and security forces work day and night to protect the citizens of Israel and its security. We must support them, not interfere with their activities, and under no circumstances should anyone attack them," Sa'ar added.
"Violence against IDF soldiers and beloved members of the Israeli Police, as well as the destruction of property, is unacceptable and constitutes a crossing of a red line," Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (Religious Zionist Party) wrote on X/Twitter.
"Criminals are criminals are criminals. Everywhere in the country," he commented.
"I call on the Israeli Police to investigate the events with determination and bring those responsible to justice," he added.
"The settlement in Judea and Samaria represents the beautiful face of the State of Israel, and there is no connection between it and the events published this morning," he concluded.
"Anyone who raises a hand against IDF soldiers and security forces is a criminal who must be condemned," Coalition Whip Ofir Katz (Likud) wrote on X.
"I hope they will catch the rioters and deal with them severely. They are criminals and they harm the image of the settlers, most of whom are the salt of the earth," Katz added.
"The violence in Binyamin by a group of Jewish criminals is worthy of all condemnation, but mainly it requires a tough response due to the harm caused to those protecting the residents – the IDF soldiers who enable life in security and a sense of safety," former IDF chief of staff, MK Gadi Eisenkot (National Unity) wrote on Facebook.
"Those who handed over the Civil Administration to Bezalel Smotrich and the Judea and Samaria District to Itamar Ben-Gvir sowed the wind in the coalition agreements, and today, unfortunately, we are all reaping the storm," Eisenkot accused.
"Anyone who attacks the IDF and security systems harms the settlement, endangers lives, and undermines the unity of Israel," Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer (Religious Zionist Party) wrote on X.
"This is not Zionism, this is anarchy. This destruction must be stopped — now," Sofer added.
"The rioters who set fire to a security-operational facility tonight must be punished to the fullest extent of the law," Yisrael Beytenu head and former defense minister MK Avigdor Liberman wrote on X/Twitter.
"Any harm to IDF soldiers is a severe blow to the State of Israel and its values. I call on the law enforcement authorities to act decisively and to bring those responsible for these despicable acts to justice," he added.
"Anyone who attacks the IDF and security forces will face determination and zero tolerance. I strongly condemn any such attack," Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, MK Yuli Edelstein (Likud) said.
"This is not the time, nor will there ever be a time, for such violence among us. These are not the values of Zionism, these are not the values of settlement, and these are not the values of Judaism. Harming the IDF is harming the settlement." Edelstein added.
Yair Golan frames his comments around soldiers killed in Gaza
While the "grief that continues to grow" of 134 soldiers killed in Gaza over the past year, including 20 in the past month is "a number that is hard to digest," The Democrats Party head and former IDF deputy chief of staff Yair Golan framed "hearing today about armed settlers attacking IDF soldiers."
"There are those who will continue to call them 'weeds,' 'hilltop youth,' 'an extreme minority,” Golan added.
"But this is no longer a marginal group. It is an armed and violent faction operating with the legitimacy of the government. These are the militias of Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, who see the law and the IDF as unnecessary obstacles on their path to annexation," Golan alleged.
"And they are no longer satisfied with violence against Palestinians, but have long turned it against the IDF and the Zionist, democratic state of Israel," Golan concluded.
"The settlement condemns the rioting minority from last night," Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan wrote on his Facebook.
"There is no greater damage to our values and settlement than what this violent minority is doing, and a large part of them are not even from Judea and Samaria," Dagan claimed.
"The people of Israel scorn the politicians who exploit this event to generalize and incite against the settlement. Nothing justifies violence of any kind against any person – certainly not the assault of soldiers or harm to a security facility. There is no hesitation, and there is no "but" on this matter," Dagan added.
"The settlement condemns this violent minority of a few dozen anarchists, most of whom, as emphasized by the security establishment, are not from Judea and Samaria, who move from place to place committing vandalism and violence," Dagan stated.
"The justified demand to investigate the shooting of a civilian on Friday night, whose circumstances are still unclear and under investigation, does not justify any act of violence!" he noted.
"The settlement strongly condemns this violent minority and expects the police to act against them. The settlement stands with the IDF, not with the violent minority – and everyone knows this," Dagan said.
"The settlement and all of Israel reject with contempt the cynical politicians who are exploiting this event to generalize and incite against more than half a million residents of Judea and Samaria – there is no population that upholds the law and contributes to the IDF in war like the settlers in Judea and Samaria. The public scorns the violent minority and scorns those who try to exploit these events so cynically to slander the settlement," he added.
"The IDF and the settlement are one. No one will separate us," he concluded.
"The terrorist events tonight in Benjamin are unfortunately not new to us, and I strongly condemn them," former Shin Bet chief, Agriculture and Raw Food Security Minister Avi Dichter (Likud) said.
"Time and again, rioters who have no connection to Zionism and social solidarity try in various ways to separate us by attacking what unites us – the people's army," he added.
"We will not let them do this. We will fight against the despicable phenomenon of fanatical extremists whose actions threaten us all. Enough is enough!" he concluded.