In the name of Jewish supremacy: How Israeli TV distorted this weekend’s West Bank violence
Commentator Alon Ben-David speaking on Channel 13 News next to footage of the violent Tell clash, 24 July 2026
Yasmin Levy writes in Haaretz on 26 July 2026:
If you watched the news channels Friday you could have gotten the impression that a charming group of settlers went for a stroll in the countryside and fell into an ambush of bloodthirsty Palestinian terrorists. I thought the “masters of the land” were about to be depicted as tourists on their way to a picnic at a village near Nablus.
Rather, they seem to be a messianic, armed group that invaded Palestinian territory to terrorize the people there. The settlers who entered the village of Tell without the army’s permission weren’t there to borrow some sugar. In the footage, one of them can be seen striking a Palestinian on the head with a rifle butt, before Benayahu Mellet, a member of the security squad of the Havat Gilad settler outpost, was shot to death.
Although this is a recipe for disaster, the broadcasts framed the event in the spirit of Jewish supremacy: “Two Israelis were murdered in a terror attack.” Oh yeah, and four Palestinians were merely killed. The headline of Nir Dvori’s report on “Ulpan Shishi,” “Three terror attacks in one day,” was repeated on other channels.
Commentator Alon Ben-David on Channel 13 News might have been the only one to challenge the use of this term. “This is a recurring pattern,” he said. “Dozens of settlers arrive in Palestinian territory and intentionally create friction with the population. It escalates into violence and then exchanges of fire, and the IDF is helpless.”
But the IDF isn’t helpless. Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, like the head of the Shin Bet security service, David Zini, has surrendered to Jewish terror, and the forces serve as a private security company for the rioters in the West Bank. The intifada that could erupt, which Ben-David and other reporters are warning about, is the goal of the bloodthirsty regime that’s determined to ignite all fronts and postpone the October 27 general election.
“This village should look like Rafah,” far-right lawmaker Tzvi Succot declared over the weekend, referring to the city at Gaza’s southern tip that the IDF destroyed in the war. Maybe he’ll build a sukkah there, like he did at a Palestinian village just before October 7, and drag a few battalions after him.
Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli joined the chorus; he was interviewed by Kan 11 TV’s Tamar Almog. “You’re saying that the expression ‘revenge’ is legitimate, and I’m asking what that means operationally. That’s a very harsh statement,” she wondered, as if this were the first time a fascist had appeared on air.
When Chikli called for Israel to “destroy” the nearby Palestinian city of Tulkarm, Almog didn’t object and merely confirmed, in a surprised tone: “Wait, you’re calling for us to destroy? I want to understand this correctly. You’re calling for us to destroy cities and villages?”
The Diaspora affairs minister who only harms Israel’s standing in the Diaspora said that “very aggressive” action should be taken. Almog asked “action?” – as if struggling to follow. She didn’t tell the belligerent minister that she wouldn’t provide a platform for calls to commit war crimes.
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