"Challenges to Israel's Control: Violence in West Bank and North"

Israel's government is losing control as illegal outposts are established in the West Bank and Hezbollah challenges its control in the no-man's-land between Israel and Lebanon. The absence of governance by the Palestinian Authority is exacerbating the situation. Extremist settler groups are carrying out acts of revenge attacks, and the tensions between them and the military are worrying. The rise in lawlessness is linked to the persistent attack on the rule of law by Netanyahu's followers since police launched investigations into suspicions of corruption on his part some five years ago.