Extremist settlers exploit pandemic to step up violence
While the Israel Defense Forces and the political leadership are busy fighting the novel coronavirus, Israel's notorious hilltop youth are rioting and attacking Palestinians with impunity.
![1195644743 JERUSALEM - JANUARY 24 : A view of Hebrew racial slurs on the wall of the mosque sprayed by Jewish settlers as eyewitnesses reported that a group of settlers set fire to the Badriya mosque in Beit Safafa town in Jerusalem on January 24, 2020. (Photo by Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2020/04/GettyImages-1195644743.jpg/GettyImages-1195644743.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=_Arko9nq)
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