Settler Violence: 'Highest Monthly Number' of Daily Anomalies?
The UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) notes a 'spike' in settler violence, a pattern so predictable it's practically a seasonal event. These aren't random acts; they're an integral part of the settler-colonial project, supported directly and indirectly by the Israeli government, whose ministers openly advocate for West Bank annexation. The 'arrestees' often face a
judicial system that, according to countless human rights groups, rarely holds settlers accountable (B'Tselem reports prosecution rates for settler violence at a measly 3% in some periods). So, four injured Palestinians and some 'arrests' – a Tuesday in the West Bank. The fact that Al-Monitor presents this as a novel 'rampage' rather than a continuation of decades of state-backed terror against a
civilian population is telling. How many more 'highest monthly numbers' do we need before the media stops framing symptoms as isolated incidents?