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Over 200 prominent Israelis, including ex-premiers and generals, urge end to West Bank violence

More than 200 prominent Israelis, including two former prime ministers, signed a letter urging Israel to stop West Bank violence.

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The letter accused the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of failing to stop the violence and of pursuing a deliberate policy in which the Israel Defense Forces, Shin Bet security service, and police are complicit. [1] The New York Times reported, citing sources, that more than 200 prominent Israelis signed a letter in June calling on Israel's government to stop attacks against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank. [2] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israeli forces captured the head of Hamas's internal security apparatus in Gaza. [3] The Gaza Ministry of Interior and Security confirmed on September 1, 2026, that Israeli forces detained Moein Mohamad Al Arabid, an official of the Hamas Internal Security Service, in Gaza City. [4] According to The New York Times, the letter's signatories included two former prime ministers of Israel, more than three dozen retired Army and Air Force generals, former heads of the nation's foreign and domestic intelligence services, along with rabbis, a Nobel laureate, and one of Israel's most revered novelists. [5] The letter called for an end to what it described as 'Jewish terrorism' and the 'ethnic cleansing' underway in the West Bank. [6] In a statement released by his office, Netanyahu said Israel's Shin Bet internal security agency and the military arrested the head of Hamas's internal security apparatus near his home in Gaza. [7] Netanyahu called the captured individual 'one of the most senior Hamas leaders' without giving his name. [8] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu celebrated the arrest, claiming Al Arabid was responsible for hiding and transporting hostages since October 7, 2023, and strengthening Hamas. [9] The detention took place during a joint incursion by the Israeli Shin Bet and the pro-Israel Abu Shabab militia in the heart of Gaza City. [10] The operation was supported by extensive Israeli Air Force bombings, which resulted in the deaths of at least one woman and two children aged 3 and 13, and injuries to at least seven others. [11] Benjamin Netanyahu described Muein al Arabid as one of the highest-ranking leaders of Hamas and stated that he was responsible for hiding and transferring Israeli hostages, providing refuge to Hamas officials, and strengthening the organization's capabilities. [12]
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  1. The letter accused the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of failing to stop the violence and of pursuing a deliberate policy in which the Israel Defense Forces, Shin Bet security service, and police are complicit. · TASS
  2. The New York Times reported, citing sources, that more than 200 prominent Israelis signed a letter in June calling on Israel's government to stop attacks against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank. · TASS
  3. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israeli forces captured the head of Hamas's internal security apparatus in Gaza. · middleeasteye.net
  4. The Gaza Ministry of Interior and Security confirmed on September 1, 2026, that Israeli forces detained Moein Mohamad Al Arabid, an official of the Hamas Internal Security Service, in Gaza City. · Aristegui Noticias
  5. According to The New York Times, the letter's signatories included two former prime ministers of Israel, more than three dozen retired Army and Air Force generals, former heads of the nation's foreign and domestic intelligence services, along with rabbis, a Nobel laureate, and one of Israel's most revered novelists. · TASS
  6. The letter called for an end to what it described as 'Jewish terrorism' and the 'ethnic cleansing' underway in the West Bank. · TASS
  7. In a statement released by his office, Netanyahu said Israel's Shin Bet internal security agency and the military arrested the head of Hamas's internal security apparatus near his home in Gaza. · middleeasteye.net
  8. Netanyahu called the captured individual 'one of the most senior Hamas leaders' without giving his name. · middleeasteye.net
  9. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu celebrated the arrest, claiming Al Arabid was responsible for hiding and transporting hostages since October 7, 2023, and strengthening Hamas. · Aristegui Noticias
  10. The detention took place during a joint incursion by the Israeli Shin Bet and the pro-Israel Abu Shabab militia in the heart of Gaza City. · Aristegui Noticias
  11. The operation was supported by extensive Israeli Air Force bombings, which resulted in the deaths of at least one woman and two children aged 3 and 13, and injuries to at least seven others. · Aristegui Noticias
  12. Benjamin Netanyahu described Muein al Arabid as one of the highest-ranking leaders of Hamas and stated that he was responsible for hiding and transferring Israeli hostages, providing refuge to Hamas officials, and strengthening the organization's capabilities. · elcomercio.pePeru
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