Police detained and questioned a far-right rabbi on suspicion of inciting settler attacks against Palestinians in the northern West Bank, law enforcement announced Wednesday.

Rabbi Menachem Ben Shachar, a prominent settler activist from the Givat Ronen outpost, is suspected of disseminating “incendiary and extremist messages encouraging serious violence against Palestinians,” police said.

He and another suspect were detained early Wednesday morning for interrogation, and were released hours later under restrictive conditions. Police searched his home, seizing several computers in his possession.

Police launched the investigation following a spate of attacks in May on the Palestinian village of Bruqin, which saw settlers torch homes as well as cars, and injure around a dozen residents.

Settlers descended on Bruqin after a Palestinian attacker from the northern West Bank town murdered Tzeela........

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