Although 17 Settlers Suspected of Involvement in the Hawara Pogrom Were Arrested in the Days After the Rampage, Most of Them Were Released Within Days of Their Initial Arrest
Did gullible journalists once again echo Palestinian charges against the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) before checking the facts? Sheik Sameh Aqtash was allegedly shot on February 26, under disputed circumstances, as the IDF and police worked to contain vigilante violence in the wake of a terror attack in Huwara that saw two Israeli brothers murdered. However, an ambiguous