The deputy security coordinator of the community of Na'aran was detained for questioning after he was filmed last Thursday pointing his weapon at Israeli settlers in the Jericho area of the West Bank, one day after Jewish families moved into homes at the site.Following the incident, an investigation was opened at the Jordan Valley police station in the Judea and Samaria District on suspicion of unlawful use of a weapon. The suspect was questioned and released under restrictive conditions.Walla reported that police received two separate reports following the incident.
According to the first report, the deputy security coordinator pointed his weapon at settlers and security forces who were in the area.
The second report alleged that shots had also been fired at the scene. Police are examining the circumstances of the incident, and at this stage, it has not yet been determined whether shots were actually fired or what led the suspect to point his weapon.Jewish families with Nahala settler movement buy eight homes near JerichoThe incident occurred one day after the Nahala movement announced that Jewish families had moved into eight homes in the Jericho area, in an operation it led with the backing and assistance of the Binyamin Regional Council.According to the movement, the homes were purchased at full price as part of a covert operation that was revealed when the families moved in on Wednesday.One of the central questions in the investigation concerns the circumstances of the deputy security coordinator's arrival at the scene.
Left out here: Leaves out what changes the picture
The article never says the homes were Palestinian homes or that, according to residents, armed settlers beat the families and drove at least 13 households out the night before. Without it a reader believes the only violence at the site was the officer's pointed gun.
Sources close to him told Walla that he did not come to the area on his own initiative but was called in after a report of a disturbance."He was dispatched with the rapid response team to Jericho following a report of rioters," they said.However, the IDF clarified that the suspect was not operating at the scene on behalf of the military. He is a civilian serving in a security role in another community and had no authority or security responsibility in the area where the incident occurred.An IDF source clarified in a conversation with Walla that "the security coordinator was not acting in the course of his duties," while an official response from the IDF Spokesperson's Unit stated: "The suspect did not arrive in the area on behalf of the IDF."Police confirmed to Walla that following the reports, the suspect was detained for questioning at the Jordan Valley police station and was subsequently released under restrictive conditions.
The investigation is ongoing and includes examining the circumstances in which the weapon was pointed and the additional report received regarding shots being fired at the scene.
The Jerusalem Post tells a settler takeover of homes inside Jericho as Jewish families moving into homes they bought, and never mentions the Palestinian families who, by other reporting, were beaten and driven out. It repeats the settler movement's purchase claim without the doubt its own paper reported the day before, and it never says the West Bank is occupied or that settlement there is illegal.
Tells the event as something else
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“Jewish families had moved into eight homes in the Jericho area”
Why this matters
The Post repeats the Nahala movement's own description of the event and adds a subheading about families who "buy eight homes", so the takeover reads as a property purchase.
The impression it gives
A reader believes the only event at the site was a purchase and a move, and the gun incident is the sole disorder.
The context
Residents told Drop Site that some 30 settlers, some masked, drove at least 13 Palestinian households from their homes and hung Israeli flags on them.
A settler security officer was detained after being filmed pointing his weapon at settlers in Jericho, a day after armed settlers took over Palestinian homes in the city and, according to residents, forced at least 13 Palestinian households out.
Drops what it reported before
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“the homes were purchased at full price as part of a covert operation”
Why this matters
The Post gives the settler movement's claim that the homes were bought at full price and sets nothing against it.
The impression it gives
A reader believes the settlers acquired the homes lawfully and the purchase is settled.
The context
The Post reported the day before that the purchase process remained unclear and that the army was still examining the purchase claims. Other reporting describes the homes as violently seized.
The Nahala movement claims the homes were bought at full price; the army has said it is still examining the purchase claims, and residents say settlers seized the homes by force.
Hedges the documented record
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“settlers near West Bank's Jericho”
Why this matters
The headline and the whole article say "West Bank" and "settlers" with no word that the territory is occupied or that settlement there is illegal.
The impression it gives
A reader believes Jewish families moving into a Palestinian city is a lawful residential move in ordinary territory.
The context
The ICJ found the occupation of the West Bank unlawful and the settlements illegal. A story about settlers establishing themselves inside Jericho turns on that status, and the article never states it.
How we know
On the recordThe International Court of Justice's July 2024 advisory opinion found Israel's occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem unlawful.icj-cij.org (opens in a new tab)
On the recordThe International Court of Justice's July 2024 advisory opinion found Israel's settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem illegal under international law.icj-cij.org (opens in a new tab)
Security officer detained after being filmed pointing gun at settlers who took over Palestinian homes in Jericho, in the occupied West Bank.
Leaves out what changes the picture
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What is missing
The article never says the homes were Palestinian homes or that, according to residents, armed settlers beat the families and drove at least 13 households out the night before. Without it a reader believes the only violence at the site was the officer's pointed gun.