Daily Briefing June 7: Masked settlers clashed with Palestinians on Shabbat. Where was the IDF?

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.

US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Jessica Steinberg for today’s episode.

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As images emerge of masked settlers riding in on white pickup trucks on Shabbat to attack Palestinians in the village of Huwara, Magid describes reactions from opposition politicians who called for the IDF to take a far harder line in controlling the situation in the West Bank.

And after an IDF soldier shot at a Bethlehem family in their car Friday evening, killing a seven-month-old baby and critically injuring his mother, Magid discusses the army’s reaction and its hesitation in taking disciplinary action. He points to the current political climate, following a recent coalition uproar over similar incidents involving soldiers’ questionable actions.

Magid also reports on his experience observing the activists taking part in Protective Presence, an Israeli initiative to protect Palestinians in the West Bank, as they joined a Bedouin community that has been repeatedly expelled from their homes and attacked by Jewish settlers.

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For further reading:

IDF soldier fires at vehicle in Hebron, killing 7-month-old baby and wounding his parents

9 Palestinians wounded in settler rampage in Huwara; IDF soldier seen beating man

1 lightly hurt as Palestinian car hits settlers who blocked West Bank road and hurled stones

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