The OGs are Fed Up: Retired Israeli Chiefs Threaten to Sue Over State-Backed West Bank Violence
Dozens of former heavy hitters and security bosses are calling out the government for letting extremist violence run wild in the streets.

Look, the big dogs who used to run the whole show in Israel are officially tired of the games. A leaked letter just got exposed, and it shows that the country’s old-school security and political elite are ready to take their own government to court. We are talking about two former prime ministers, the actual former bosses of every single security service, retired judges, and even a Nobel prize winner. They’re putting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his crew on blast, giving them a "final warning" to shut down what they’re calling "Jewish terrorism" in the West Bank before they take the whole dispute to the High Court.
These aren't just some random activists complaining; these are the guys who used to pull the strings. And they are keeping it 100 about what’s really going on in the streets. They’re calling out years of straight-up criminal behavior—we’re talking murder, sexual assault, theft, arson, and even messing with the dead. The letter says the people doing this, both civilians and military, are moving with total impunity, acting like they’re completely above the law because they know nobody in charge is going to touch them.
The letter doesn't hold back on the military either, accusing the IDF of being straight-up complicit. They say the army is either sitting on its hands while people get hurt, or actually jumping in and participating in the violence. For the old heads who used to run these exact same forces, seeing the military act like a state-sponsored gang is the absolute limit. They’re saying this whole situation is messing up Israel's security, getting the country isolated on the world stage, and making things worse for Jewish people everywhere.
They are putting the blame right at the top on Netanyahu and his far-right partners. The letter says this isn’t just some mistake or a failure by the cops on the beat—it’s a deliberate plan. They claim the government is literally ordering the military, the police, and the Shin Bet (the internal security agency) to let these criminals run wild because it helps their ideology of "ethnic cleansing" and taking over the land for good. They’re calling it what it is: a coordinated effort to push people out.
To show you how deep this goes, the letter even compares these attacks to the historic pogroms—the violent mobs that used to terrorize Jewish communities back in 19th-century Eastern Europe. That’s a heavy comparison to make, especially coming from the people who built the state's security system. It shows just how bad things have gotten when the creators of the system are comparing their own government's moves to the worst parts of their history.


