Only Confirmed Arsonists on Night of Israel’s Wildfires Were Settlers, Say Security Sources

While social media posts try to blame Palestinians, Israeli settlers are confirmed to have committed arson attacks.

As vast swathes of forest near Jerusalem burned on the night of April 30, Israeli media scrambled to cover what could be one of the worst wildfire disasters in the country’s history. But while headlines speculated on the scale and source of the fires, one fact buried deeper in the coverage stands out: Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian farmland th…