“‘I am the police, I am the army’ … Palestinians tell of self-styled warlord’s brutal reign across whole of Jabal Salman valley – and he is one of many
…
“Call me Yakov,” the burly, red-bearded settler told the Palestinian villagers who lived in his shadow. They should, it was understood, consider him their mukhtar, their chief, mayor and sheriff.’”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/09/i-am-the-police-i-am-the-army-sanctioned-settlers-rule-in-west-bank

Terrorists.

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‘I am the police, I am the army’: blacklisted settler’s rule in West Bank

^{Julian Borger (The Guardian)}