'We want to see blood': Israeli political leadership and settler groups call for revenge against Palestinians

'We want to see blood': Israeli political leadership and settler groups call for revenge against Palestinians Submitted by Nadav Rapaport on Sat, 07/25/2026 - 14:37 Rights groups and Palestinian officials report homes burned, civilians injured and arrests following deadly clashes near Nablus Palestinians walk through smoke from a fire near the village of Tell, west of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, after a reported settler attack, 18 July 2026 (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP) Off Israeli political leaders and settler organisations have called for "revenge" against Palestinians, saying they "want to see blood" and "erase the village of Tell". Israel's finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, on Friday called for the destruction of the villages of Tell, Iraq Burin and Beit Furik, stating that these communities "should look exactly like the refugee camps in Nablus and Tulkarm", referring to the large-scale destruction the Israeli military has inflicted there. "The population there needs to be evacuated," Smotrich added, calling on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to strip the area from the Palestinian Authority's responsibility.