Are you aware of a case in which settlers entered Burin and threw stones at houses, while soldiers were there and did nothing? Yes, it happens a lot that I’m informed about a certain report, and then I see a video in which they (the soldiers) are in fact standing next to them (the settlers) as they throw stones.

Is this ever discussed?Not at all. Obviously they (the soldiers) aren’t allowed to touch Jews. That’s the whole story regarding the law as it applies in the territories. They (the settlers) are supposed to be completely subject to Israeli law. The army isn’t allowed to arrest or detain [the settlers]. Anything like that has to be [dealt with by the] police because it’s the law.

In November settlers protested and burned tires at Hawara junction. That was because of a terror attack in Har Nof. I don’t think they arrested anyone there. At the time there were two very big protests, once 100 people and then again 200-300 settlers who came to the regional brigade. They declared a ‘knight night’ (suspicion of infiltration) in the brigade. Knight nights are declared in settlements in which there’s suspicion of infiltration, so it was interesting that they took it this way, that like, the settlers are just as much of a threat to the brigade. But in terms of the discourse, even though they announced the protocol, it [the protest] was considered legitimate. [If there was] a protest of 200-300 Palestinians at Chava 5 (the checkpoint at Huwara Junction), there would have long ago been four or five injuries from a Ruger (a rifle with a low diameter that serves as a crowd control method in the West Bank). It’s just not on the same par at all.