Israeli leftists already staged many provocations to manipulate Jewish farmers into beating the encroaching Arabs – and suing the Jews. With the looming eviction from Judea and Samaria, leftists would parade Arabs at night near the settlements to provoke the guards into shooting them. The government would love the security situation to deteriorate so that Israelis accept abandoning Judea and Samaria to Arabs.
Jewish settlements exist among the sea of hostile Arabs and have to maintain guard. Patrols, manned by settlers, are more concerned with leftist prosecution than Arab threat. Shooting an Arab guarantees lengthy investigation and likely conviction for manslaughter. Unless the killed Arab brandished firearm or approached closely with knife, Israeli courts generally consider killing him a murder. Settlement guards should be accorded the benefit of doubt allowed to police. Some arrests and even killings by police are eventually recognized as wrong, but not wrongful because the police act honestly and expertly. The errors are made in good faith and lack malice or negligence. The settlements guards should also be presumed right in acting against Arabs.
