If an Israeli attacks an innocent Palestinian, arrest him. Prosecute him. Punish him. But do not make Jews everywhere answer for him. Do not use his crime to indict more than half a million Israelis living in Judea and Samaria, the State of Israel, Zionism, or Jews around the world. That distinction should be obvious. Increasingly, it isn’t.

Washington is again consumed with “settler violence.” On Aug. 26, 45 senators, led by Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Adam Schiff (D-CA), and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take stronger action against violence by Israelis in Judea and Samaria. On one fundamental point, I agree: violence is violence, and Israel should investigate it, arrest those responsible, and prosecute them when the evidence warrants it. Israel does. Just this week, Israeli police arrested suspects in investigations of recent violence against Palestinians.