Israeli Journalist Slams Government, Right-Wing Media Over Jewish Terrorism

Aviad Glickman, a legal correspondent for Channel 13 News, has launched a scathing critique against the Israeli government and right-wing media figures for their handling of Jewish extremist violence in the West Bank. Glickman argued on his X (formerly Twitter) account that this "Jewish terrorism by Jewish terrorists" is causing immense international damage to Israel, and sarcastically dismissed any notion of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu taking responsibility.

He accused prominent right-wing commentators and "tweeters" of attempting to normalize Jewish terrorism, referring to the perpetrators as mere "hilltop youth." Glickman rejected the government's narrative that these rioters do not represent the broader settler population. He asserted that if the settlers and their leadership, along with the "full right-wing coalition," had truly condemned and dealt with these terrorists, the current situation would have been avoided, calling such claims "willful ignorance."

This is not the first time Glickman has sharply criticized the right-wing camp. Previously, he engaged in a heated exchange over comments made by Meni Asayag regarding Iron Dome's interception rates on October 7th. Asayag had compared routine interception success rates to the challenges of facing a barrage of approximately 3,700 rockets during the surprise attack, noting that about half of the launches towards populated areas were not intercepted. Glickman strongly disagreed with Asayag's analysis, calling his group "despicable" and stating he did not want to be associated with them.