Are West Bank Israelis Attacking Palestinians? | Unpacked

The term "settler violence" has been in the news a lot recently, with some countries even placing sanctions on some individual Israelis in the West Bank who have been involved in violent incidents. But what counts as "settler violence is itself is a hotly debated topic, and one that has far-reaching ramifications, both in terms of how to understand it and how to address it.

Special thanks to interviewees Rabbi Yehuda HaKohen (https://visionmag.org/author/yehuda-h...) of the Vision Movement and criminologist Dr. Michael Wolfowicz.

00:00 Intro
00:24 Understanding settler violence
01:09 Who are Israeli settlers?
03:21 What counts as settler violence?
06:12 Why the UN define nonviolent acts as violence
06:38 What drives settler violence?
10:17 Politicization of agriculture and shepherding
10:42 Jewish territorial reclamation as acts of aggression
11:08 The problem with labeling non-violent acts as violent
11:51 Shared experiences of Palestinians & Israeli settlers
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