Some government ministers openly declare that the expulsion is part of an intentional policy of a permanent takeover of Palestinian land. Such expulsion is defined under international law as a war crime
“In the media, they call it a terror attack. Ladies and gentlemen, this is not a terror attack. Settlers entered the village here, demanding friction; there’s friction, and now there are also casualties.” These are the words that former Israel Defense Forces Central Command head Avi Mizrahi – in an interview on 103fm, a local radio station – used to describe the events last Friday in the West Bank village of Tell, when a security squad member, an IDF officer and four Palestinians were killed.