![Dozens of Israeli settlers from the Kiryat Arba settlement, built on Palestinian land in the southern West Bank, raid the Kayzun area east of Hebron, accompanied by a demonstration, with Israeli flags waved and racist slogans shouted at the local population on December 10, 2025. [Wisam Hashlamoun - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/AA-20251210-39947629-39947601-ISRAELI_SETTLER_RAID_IN_HEBRON_ACCOMPANIED_BY_ARMY_ROAD_CLOSURES.jpg)
The Israeli settlement watchdog Peace Now has called for the dismissal of the Israeli army’s Central Command chief, accusing him of supporting settler attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. In a statement, Peace Now demanded the removal of Major General Avi Bluth, who oversees the Central Command responsible for the West Bank, explaining that he acts as a representative of the “Hilltop Youth” settler group. The movement described the group as responsible for attacks on Palestinian civilians and the seizure of their land following forced displacement, in order to establish illegal settlement outposts. Lior Amichai, the director general of Peace Now, said Bluth was cooperating with settlers and called on Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir to dismiss […]
