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Symbolic image: Israel frees nine settler suspects to house arrest as UN calls West Bank violence out of control

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Israel frees nine settler suspects to house arrest as UN calls West Bank violence out of control

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A Jerusalem court released nine of ten suspects in attacks on a US journalist and European diplomats to house arrest. On Thursday UN chief Guterres called the West Bank situation "simply out of control".

The court ordered the release late on Wednesday, 21 October, according to the settler law firm Honenu. Police say one suspect remains in custody and the investigation continues. Honenu attorney Asaf Gonen called the arrests "for show". According to Honenu, the judge said the assault on Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine happened during wider stone-throwing by Palestinians, of which the detainees are not suspected. Yonatan Kanonich of the rights group Yesh Din said that in cases with media coverage police arrest several settlers and release most soon after.

Harvest attacks and theft

Yesh Din reported 125 physical attacks on olive harvesters in the 24 days since the season began, plus 168 incidents of crop theft, with the IDF present in at least a quarter of cases. The Palestinian Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission counted 409 attacks in October, 317 by settlers and 92 by Israeli forces.

Israeli leaders promise action

President Isaac Herzog said he gave West Bank commanders full backing to stop settler violence, and Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir ordered an extra Border Police company, expected to start in late November. Levine told The Guardian she doubts the settlers will face justice.

Other opinions

Al Jazeera calls the incidents "pogroms" and stresses state backing for outposts, while the Jerusalem Post foregrounds Herzog's pledge and the IDF's statement that it takes violence seriously.