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Israel-Palestine war: Settler attacks on the rise in West Bank villages (www.middleeasteye.net)
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(...) Ben Gvir and Smotrich leading the charge

Late last year, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu entered into a coalition government with Itamar Ben Gvir's Jewish Power party and firebrand Bezalel Smotrich's Religious Zionist Party.

Ben Gvir's far-right Jewish Power party was founded by Meir Kahane. A far-right rabbi and former MP, he previously led the Kach party, an organisation which was outlawed by Israel after one of its followers gunned down 29 Muslim worshippers at the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron as they prayed.

Meanwhile, Smotrich, a self-declared "fascist homophobe", was appointed finance minister and also handed broad authority over civilian issues in the West Bank, enabling him to increase settlement construction and thwart Palestinian development.

Since then, Smotrich has been in charge of civilian affairs in Area C of the occupied West Bank, where Israel has full security and civilian control. (...)

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[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (4 children)

They are not settlers! That's the wrong word. Maybe invaders, but definitely genicidal maniacs

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Colonists fits way better

Settlers make it seem like they're just building their homes in uninhabited places.

[–] Flag@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Conquerors, mebe.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

No, conquerors implies there's some kind of war. Killing random civilians and taking their homes isn't conquering anything.

[–] Therealgoodjanet@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah the word “settler” sounds so benign, but displacing human beings and chasing them from their homes is far from benign.

And I’m not even talking about any of the violence, murder and trauma that’s often involved.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club -2 points 2 years ago

How many times have people "settled" areas that didn't have others living on there?

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

To anyone who's keeping up with Palestine, settler doesn't sound like anything but "invading genocidal maniac", so in that case it's the appropriate term.

[–] bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

The problem is that a lot of people aren't keeping up