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Israeli Lawyer Advocates Killing Palestinians to BBC Week After Gilad Farm Deadly Shooting

Shimon said revenge killings were justified after a settler security guard was killed, as the UN says 64 Palestinians have died in the West Bank this year.

  • In a BBC interview, lawyer Yehuda Shimon justified retaliatory attacks on Palestinian villages following the killing of an Israeli security guard at Havat Gilad, stating, "I think now... we need to kill all the people in Tal and Sarra."
  • Settler attacks on Palestinian villages surged last weekend following the guard's death, as the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports settler-inflicted injuries have risen to more than three daily incidents this year.
  • Shimon equated one Jewish life to 10 million Palestinian lives during the interview; when challenged on the racism of his statement, he did not deny it, claiming "God chose us because of this you are jealous."
  • Following the July 24 shooting, Israeli security forces launched a wide-scale operation in the West Bank, arresting over 70 terror suspects including the father of the individual who carried out the initial attack.
  • Havat Gilad, established more than 20 years ago, remains one of hundreds of illegal outposts in the West Bank, amid broader tensions over settlement expansion described by some human rights groups as "apartheid.
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BBC News broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Saturday, August 1, 2026.
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