West Bank Settler Attacks: Just Another Tuesday in 'Democracy'
When Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and deface property with racist slogans in the West Bank, as The New Arab details, it's presented as news. What's often missing is the historical context: these are not rogues, but beneficiaries of a system built on displacement and upheld by the Israeli military. These attacks align with a pattern of land grabs and harassment documented by countless human
rights groups for decades, and they serve a clear purpose: making Palestinian life untenable. While media outlets report the 'what,' they rarely delve into the 'why' – particularly the billions in U.S. military aid that indirectly underwrites the security apparatus protecting these very settlers. Critics might wonder if calling it 'settler violence' instead of 'state-backed ethnic cleansing' is
just another journalistic sleight of hand to avoid uncomfortable truths about American foreign policy.