Netanyahu calls violent settlers attacking Palestinians 'a handful of kids' Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said that violent settlers who attack Palestinians were only “a handful of kids” who are not from the West Bank. In an interview with Fox News during his trip to the US, Netanyahu said, “When they’re talking about it, they’re talking about a handful of kids." “They’re actually teenagers who come from broken homes, and they do things like chopping olive trees, and sometimes they try to burn a home,” he said.