Hiking should not be a crime punishable by death - opinion

Yisrael Medad argues that hiking in the West Bank should not be considered a crime or provocation, responding to an incident on July 24, 2026, near Gilad Farm where Israeli hikers were attacked by Palestinians. He criticizes media coverage and politicians for framing the event as settler violence, and cites an IDF investigation that found the hikers acted with heroism.

In this opinion piece, Yisrael Medad argues that hiking in the West Bank should not be treated as a crime or provocation, responding to an incident on July 24, 2026, near Gilad Farm where Israeli hikers were attacked by Palestinians. Medad criticizes media coverage and politicians like Ksenia Svetlova and Dror Etkes for framing the event as settler violence, and cites an IDF investigation that found the hikers acted with heroism. He defends hiking as a natural Jewish act and condemns what he sees as a campaign to justify Arab violence.

Hiking should not be a crime punishable by death - opinion