JERUSALEM — After two days of settler violence that shocked much of Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Wednesday that some radical Israelis would be treated the same way as suspected Palestinian militantsdetained for long periods without charge and tried in military courts.
The disclosure of the new enforcement tools followed an urgent meeting of the country’s top legal and security officials and showed how worried Netanyahu and his lieutenants have become about militants of the far right who attack not only Palestinians in the West Bank, but also the Israeli army.
A settler assault on an army base and on a military commander in occupied territory has enraged Israelis and produced an instant consensus that radical steps equaling those applied to Palestinians were warranted.
On Wednesday, a disused Jerusalem mosque was defaced and set afire.The New York Times
