One of the least reported issues is the fact that the Ultra Orthodox Jews are attempting to expel all non Jews from Israel. This includes Christians and not just Muslims. This is not the policy of the Israeli government nor do most Israeli support it, but the Ultranationalists are a political force to be reckoned with.As a reminder, the West Bank is the other of the two primary regions for Palestinians, governed by the Palestinian Authority, which has recognized Israel since about 1993, and are opponents of Hamas, having nothing to do with the Hamas attack. Since the attack, Israel and its settlers have killed over 100 Palestinians in the West Bank, here's one example of what is going on.
One of the least reported issues is the fact that the Ultra Orthodox Jews are attempting to expel all non Jews from Israel. This includes Christians and not just Muslims. This is not the policy of the Israeli government nor do most Israeli support it, but the Ultranationalists are a political force to be reckoned with.
As a reminder, the West Bank is the other of the two primary regions for Palestinians, governed by the Palestinian Authority, which has recognized Israel since about 1993, and are opponents of Hamas, having nothing to do with the Hamas attack. Since the attack, Israel and its settlers have killed over 100 Palestinians in the West Bank, here's one example of what is going on.
That’s another hot button issue with many Israelis.Some of the settlers are indeed extremists, and are taking this opportunity to create more chaos. They are apparently not part of Israeli military.
They're not part of the military, but the military is allowing them to do it and protecting them. In other situations - like the removal of settlements in Gaza - the settlers and IDF have been at odds and fought. But the reporting I see is that they're very much enabling the settle violence.Some of the settlers are indeed extremists, and are taking this opportunity to create more chaos. They are apparently not part of Israeli military.
Can you clarify? The only 'hot button' issue I know of is the history where the very orthodox Jews were exempted from military service; but that has been partially resolved by the creation of one volunteer battalion just for them, which now has over 800 members. Just saw a documentary on it today.That’s another hot button issue with many Israelis.
Yes, I've read that.They're not part of the military, but the military is allowing them to do it and protecting them. In other situations - like the removal of settlements in Gaza - the settlers and IDF have been at odds and fought. But the reporting I see is that they're very much enabling the settle violence.
To be sure, Palestinian assailants from the West Bank also perpetuate frequent attacks against Jews both in the West Bank and Israel, and fatal attacks by Palestinians are more numerous than fatal attacks by Jewish settlers. But the Israeli Army and police pursue Palestinian assailants in the West Bank and protect the settlers. When settlers attack Palestinians, the Israeli Army usually stands by; protecting Palestinians is not part of its mandate.
To be clear, I posted from the article linked.I haven't checked the numbers, but will take your word for it. But it needs to be remembered, these settlers are illegally taking Palestinian land, displacing them, they are occupiers; it's not an apples and apples comparison like they are just people living as neighbors.
Wow. What an utterly crappy looking place. This is what they're fighting about? Literally everyone needs to move someplace less utterly craptaculat.As a reminder, the West Bank is the other of the two primary regions for Palestinians, governed by the Palestinian Authority, which has recognized Israel since about 1993, and are opponents of Hamas, having nothing to do with the Hamas attack. Since the attack, Israel and its settlers have killed over 100 Palestinians in the West Bank, here's one example of what is going on.
A google search says that in the West Bank, since 2008 there have been 1007 Palestinian casualties and 308 Israeli casualties. This does not include the recent violence.To be clear, I posted from the article linked.
I guess my source Salon.com is not trustworthy, which casts doubt on the rest of what they wrote. Sad, when trying to learn.A google search says that in the West Bank, since 2008 there have been 1007 Palestinian casualties and 308 Israeli casualties. This does not include the recent violence.
Who knows. Salon usually is; sometimes it's just reporting different parts of the information. It doesn't seem that central to the topic.I guess my source Salon.com is not trustworthy, which casts doubt on the rest of what they wrote. Sad, when trying to learn.
It looks like a good article, here's some more quoted:To be clear, I posted from the article linked.
And they’re getting away with murder, literally, thanks in part to a far-right Israeli government that not only casts a blind eye on settler violence but often encourages it.
Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on multiple occasions has whipped out his handgun and threatened to shoot Palestinians to show them who’s boss. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, the man in charge of Jewish settlement policy in the West Bank, in March called for “wiping out” the Palestinian city of Huwara following a Palestinian terrorist attack (he later apologized).
Violent Jewish settlers have been attacking Palestinian farms, towns and people for years, but their intensity increased after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned to power 10 months ago with the most right-wing government in Israel’s history.
There in lies the crux of the problem which for a long time the legacy media has not reported. If there was any mention, there was no deeper digging to make people aware of how dangerous these people are to the stability of the region."
In the West Bank, Israeli settlers are on an anti-Palestinian rampage - Since October 7, settler radicals have been attacking Palestinians at an unprecedented rate — uprooting entire communities and threatening a wider war."
In the West Bank, Israeli settlers are on an anti-Palestinian rampage
Since October 7, settler radicals have been attacking Palestinians at an unprecedented rate — uprooting entire communities and threatening a wider war.www.vox.com
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