IDF denies Avi Bluth’s alleged coordination of new Jericho outpost
The Israeli Defense Forces said on 7 November that Major General Avi Bluth’s meeting with a regional defense officer was routine and rejected claims that he had covertly coordinated a new settler outpost near Jericho. Ynetnews reported that the Israeli army shifted combat units on 2 November to protect eight newly occupied homes near Jericho and that President Isaac Herzog warned of rising nationalist violence in the West Bank. JNS.
org reported that eight Jewish families moved into the homes on state land after a secret purchase, while The Jerusalem Post said the purchase was coordinated with the Binyamin Regional Council and challenged the Oslo Accords. Drop Site News reported that on 4 November armed settlers entered a Jericho district, forcing at least 13 Palestinian families out of their homes, as the military continued its review of the settlers’ purchase claims.
