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‘I am the police, I am the army’: blacklisted settler’s rule in West Bank

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On paper, Yitzhak Levi Filant is merely the security coordinator ( ravshatz ) of the Yitzhar settlement.

However, with the frequent and arbitrary use of force, he has made himself a warlord of the whole Jabal Salman valley.

The citation against him last month mentioned an incident in February this year when “he led a group of armed settlers to set up roadblocks and conduct patrols to pursue and attack Palestinians in their lands”.

Israeli human rights organisation said it had documented incidents of violence against Palestinians by Israeli settlers and security forces throughout the years , including dozens of incidents involving FilantThe Samaria Regional Council , which represents settlements in the northern part of the West Bank , issued a statement rejecting the allegations against Filant .

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