Mk Smotrich: "It is legitimate to use force against rioters"

In an interview with 103 FM, Mk Betzalel Smotrich (Habayit Hayehudi) in reference to an incident where radical left-wing activists where injured in a confrontation with Jewish residents in the southern Hebron hills, said that: " In recent years, anarchists have come to the settlements every week to create a provocation. The IDF Spokesperson's Office described the incident as anarchist activists who came to confront security forces who were carrying out an operation against illegal building by Arabs on state land.

the activists decided to carry out price-tag actions against Jewish residents living in the area. In Israel, we do not shoot trespassers, but when people come time after time it is legitimate for residents to use reasonable force to repel the rioters ... There is a limit to everything, and every week to produce a demonstration in order to provoke provocation is not acceptable. It is true that the police and the IDF do not protect the peace by pushing these radicals of the land, as such, the residents are forced to protect their property themselves. This is very serious. "