But it says Ettinger is head of an extremist group seeking to bring about religious “redemption” through attacks on Christian religious sites and Palestinian homes.
The Israeli security cabinet have called for a crackdown on Jewish extremists with harsher measures following an arson attack which killed a Palestinian toddler.
On Friday, arsonists set fire to two homes in the Palestinian village of Duma in the West Bank, burning a toddler alive. The suspects have yet to be captured, Xinhua reported. The terror attack was unanimously condemned by the entirety of Israel’s leadership and Parliament,...