I am deeply ashamed – ashamed of my government, my country, and my people.

In the past few months, I have had several opportunities to visit the Bedouin herding communities in the northern Jordan Valley, and what I saw there was devastating. Residents have been physically attacked, their property, equipment and buildings – including schools and kindergartens – have been looted and destroyed. Some of their cattle and sheep have been assaulted or shot, and in many cases, the entire herd has simply been taken.

Most of these crimes are committed by violent extremists from Israeli settlements, with the full knowledge, encouragement and, sometimes, the active assistance of the fanatics in Netanyahu’s government. All this while security forces barely enforce the law, whether through blatant indifference or a willful choice to turn a blind eye, which in practice amounts to enabling the perpetrators. Often, security personnel actually assist them in carrying out their vile acts.

Bedouin in the West Bank are also under increasing pressure from enforcement authorities, who make their lives difficult through regular harassment, arrests, and demolition orders. In recent weeks, there has been another sharp escalation with the mass confiscation of agricultural equipment in........

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