00:00Why has Israel done so little to rein in settler violence?
00:04For days, Palestinians and Khursa in the West Bank have been trapped in their homes by settlers,
00:09while Israel's military, capable of striking Beirut and Tehran, has barely acted.
00:13Why?
00:14Firstly, settlements are state policy, not a fringe project.
00:18Successive governments have expanded settlements for decades and much of Israel's political
00:22mainstream supports retaining large parts of the West Bank.
00:25Violence by extremist settlers helps push Palestinians off land and strengthen Israeli control.
00:32Thus, much of the Israeli state view settlers as allies, not a threat.
00:36The Israeli force's primary mission in the West Bank is framed as preventing Palestinian
00:40attacks and protecting Israeli communities.
00:43Settlers are seen as a part of this community to be defended, meaning punishing settler violence
00:48is deprioritised.
00:49Finally, Netanyahu is reliant on his allies Ben-Gavir and Smotrich to stay in power ahead
00:54of October elections.
00:56Both are hardline settlement backers who would likely revolt against any real crackdown.
01:00For Netanyahu, this means avoiding any actions that alienate the powerful settler movement.
01:06This means not only the most vulnerable left in the West Bank is a natural potent.
01:07The West Bank is 1st century to be defended by the West Bank is the language of a future
01:07The West Bank is one of a very big traps and quite a lot of the best Kolleginnen and a
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01:08So as long as a heritage in the West Bank of the East Bank is the city of New York
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01:08where you can see the West Bank, the West Bank of the East Bank, the West Bank of the West
01:08Bank of the East Bank of the West Bank.
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