New Curbs on Violent Settlers: a Celebration of Justice Being Served or an Embarrassment at How Long It Took

Israel Leader Sets New Curbs on Violent Settlers: Following months of an increase in attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinian land, mosques and recently IDF soldiers and bases, the Israeli government finally decides to impose stricter ramifications.  Is this simply justice finally being taken or does this expose a deeper level of unequal consequences amongst Israeli settlers and Palestinians in the West Bank?   Is this really just a "handful" of settlers or are they just pawns in a growing movement by Israeli extremists? 

Please share any and all thoughts--specifically on the following quotes:

1. "Political leaders from across the spectrum competed to condemn the settlers’ violence, with the left and center accusing Mr. Netanyahu of ignoring previous settler violence and the right saying that out-of-control youths were besmirching an otherwise noble movement."
2. "Human rights groups have long condemned Israel’s use of administrative detention against Palestinians and were not expected to applaud its use against settlers despite their objection to settlements."
3. “There is no word more shameful in the Israeli lexicon of violence than the word ‘handful,’ ” wrote Nahum Barnea, a columnist for the Yediot Aharonot newspaper, referring to characterizations of the violent settlers as so small in number as to be insignificant. “This criminal behavior must be rooted out, and everyone knows where the roots are: in the incitement of the settler rabbis, in the Israeli governments that over and over again approved the settlers’ illegal acts, in the leniency of the judges and in the powerlessness of the Shin Bet, the army and the police.”

As a Jew, I am horrified and CONDEMN the behavior of these settlers.  We often forget that extremism exists in every religion--a  tip that some of our politicians and oh about 50% of our country could learn a lot from (read: The Attack on "All-American Muslim").