Tamir Pardo says Israeli settler violence reminds him of the Holocaust

6 articles · Updated · Middle East Eye · Apr 28

Touring West Bank villages with ex-army officials, Pardo cited ongoing settler attacks, noting 16 Palestinians killed this year and over 36,000 displaced since late 2024.
He warned that unchecked settler crimes, sometimes abetted by authorities and supported by far-right ministers, could trigger a crisis worse than October 7, posing an existential threat to Israel.
Pardo referenced philosopher Yeshayahu Leibowitz’s 1968 warnings about occupation corrupting Israeli society, acknowledging intensified settler violence and over 1,000 Palestinian deaths in the West Bank since October 2023.

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