Settler Violence in West Bank: A Time-Honored Tradition, Not a 'New' Arab Story
When outlets like The New Arab cover 'Israeli settlers attacking Palestinians,' it creates an illusion of isolated incidents. Yet, Israel's government has, for decades, tacitly—and often explicitly—supported and funded these very settlements. These aren't random acts; they're an integral part of the ongoing dispossession strategy. This tactic is as old as the occupation itself, perfected since the
1967 war, aimed at making Palestinian life untenable. (The US, incidentally, provides Israel with $3.8 billion annually, which indirectly underwrites the security apparatus facilitating this very expansion). We're meant to gasp at each new 'attack' as if it's an anomaly, rather than the predictable outcome of an occupation policy where settlers operate with impunity. It’s not just 'settler
violence'; it's state-backed land theft, rebranded for public consumption. How many olive trees must be burned, how many Palestinian families displaced, before the media connects the dots between today’s 'new' attack and the systematic ethnic cleansing underway since 1948?