“I continue to be alarmed about extremist settler attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank; pouring gasoline on fire is what it’s like,” President Biden recently said. Despite the national preoccupation with Gaza over the past month — or perhaps because of it — the zealots have kept at it. Mr. Smotrich has called for widening Palestinian no-go areas around Israeli settlements, including a ban on Palestinians harvesting olives near the settlements. In that same time, three Israeli soldiers were killed in attacks by Palestinians. Mr. Saleh was shot dead, the seventh Palestinian to be killed by settlers since Oct. 7.

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Persons: Biden, “, Netanyahu, Bezalel Smotrich, Itamar Ben, Gvir, Smotrich, Ben, Bilal Mohammad Saleh, Saleh Organizations: West Bank, ”, Hamas, United Nations Office, Humanitarian Affairs, The Times Locations: Israel, West Bank, Judea, Samaria, Gaza, Palestinian