<h1>Coordinated settler arson and violence against civilians raises criminal, occupation-law accountability and duty-to-protect enforcement questions</h1> Israeli authorities condemned a coordinated attack by settlers on Palestinian villages in the West Bank involving arson, property damage and clashes with soldiers, with the president and a senior military commander calling for decisive state action and enforcement. Police reported arrests for 'extremist violence' and the military reported Palestinian injuries; rights groups and Palestinian officials allege systemic failures of protection and impunity. The incident, amid a documented rise in settler attacks, raises legal issues under criminal law (arson, assault, vandalism), occupation law obligations to protect civilians, and potential administrative or disciplinary liability for state security forces.