Golan and Pink Film in Benjamin Region Amid Outcry Over 'Settler Violence' Campaign

Yair Golan, head of The Democrats, and left-wing activist Ya’ia Pink came on Thursday to the Kida area in the Gush Shilo bloc, in the Benjamin region, together with a social media team, to film material for a campaign about alleged settler violence. According to the report, local residents were surprised to find a makeshift photo set at the site, with cardboard signs and boards, intended to produce visuals for the campaign.

The piece says the campaign is being distributed internationally and harms Israel, while presenting a picture the article describes as the opposite of reality. It cites Shin Bet figures showing 4,709 terror incidents in Judea and Samaria over the past year, an average of about 13 a day, or one every two hours.

Israel Ganz, head of the Benjamin Regional Council and chairman of the Yesha Council, condemned the visit. He said Golan’s real target was not terrorism, and argued that if he cared, he would visit victims of thousands of Arab terror attacks, bereaved families and the wounded. Instead, Ganz said, Golan came to pose near Kida with a “cardboard theater” and smear an entire community.

The article frames the event as part of a broader struggle over how violence in the West Bank is portrayed, saying the settlement movement is under constant attack while its residents serve in reserve duty and help protect Israel. It says local residents insist that no staged political campaign will undermine the spirit of Benjamin and Judea and Samaria communities.