Are Israeli Settlers Attacking Palestinians?

Are Israeli Settlers Attacking Palestinians? | Unpacked

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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 (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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@killpop8255 7 күн бұрын

How did Jordan take over the West bank? An agreement? Military incursion? A war in its own right? If the latter now can anyone say Israelis can't settle there when in the 6 day war Jordan attacked and lost this land, that it gained by attacking israel? Spoils of war as far as I'm concerned. Covering the zones may have helped this video.

@ilayohana3150 7 күн бұрын

The un condemned jordans invasion of the west bank as illegal occupation, so its not even that. Really if you look at the san remo conference its clear this belongs to israel

@chuck62891 7 күн бұрын

What about the rampant "Palestinian" violence? Where is the international outrage? Nowhere of course. This topic has misplaced focus.

@UKsociety-gg4cu 7 күн бұрын

True.look at how they create havocs across Europe countries that shelter them.Their act was terrorism.

@robto 2 күн бұрын

Palestinians are actively branded and labeled as terrorists all the time throughout the media and almost all Palestinian political groups have been designated as terrorist organizations by Western governments somewhere in their history. What world are you living in?

@SigMaQuint 6 күн бұрын

Harassment, like throwing garbage, stopping, barricading and destroying aid, preventing farmers to tend to their crops and olive trees. These are what you might call non-violent incidents. I am glad to learn that there are jewish movements to stop this.

@todayunpacked 5 күн бұрын

Yeah, I think I could have outlined that a little more. Thanks for raising this. Though, I think that lumping everything as "violence" still undermines the goal. If they used the term "aggression" I think it might be more productive.

@resurrectedone7463 4 күн бұрын

"The Zionists as a movement, and then the State of Israel, which emerged from that movement, declared war on the Palestinian people. In that war we saw ethnic cleansing, genocidal policies and a racist apartheid regime" ~ Miko Peled.

@bit7389 7 күн бұрын

Thank you. This is very interesting. Everyone is talking about settlements all the time and seems to have an opinion on it, but background information is rarely given.

@ReadilanPappe 7 күн бұрын

Invite Rabbi Shappiro for a talk.

@pasimajuri1209 7 күн бұрын

They are not settlers ! Its their country !

@marcbolan9130 7 күн бұрын

@pasimajuri1209 They are not settlers they are dirty thieves

@MoeMa4 7 күн бұрын

No it's not. They are just a bunch of squatters, like the rest of Zionists in Palestine

@pikaxhuboi7222 7 күн бұрын

Khalistanis are not Terrorist its their land and country khalistan…

@pasimajuri1209 7 күн бұрын

@@pikaxhuboi7222 what ? Khalistan ?

@MoeMa4 7 күн бұрын

@@pasimajuri1209 not settlers, just squatters

@ilayohana3150 7 күн бұрын

Why did you downplay what the palestinians did at huwara? I thought it was objective. You gave a sentence to palestinians shooting to death a jewish family in their car and them getting not even an inkling of protection or compassion by the israeli government. The only reason that day is dreaded is because on that day jews were butchered and they fought back.

@n4049 7 күн бұрын

They absolve the Palestinian brutality as if it is nothing.

@gheller2261 7 күн бұрын

Israel never annexed the West Bank because she didn't have to. After taking control of Judea and Samaria after the 1948 war, Jordan never annexed it to Jordan. Thus, when Israel took it back after the 1967 war, there was nothing to annex. However, because of the political climate then and now, the West Bank was left to take care of itself (if Israel had annexed Gaza and the WB, it would no longer have been a majority Jewish state). Nevertheless, the region belongs to Israel. Moreover, to those who insist that all Israelis leave the WB, why is it that the only people on the planet against whom ethnic cleansing is acceptable are Jews. Nobody insists that any other group leave any other region on the entire planet.

@KathyPrendergast-cu5ci 6 күн бұрын

In 1967 Israel could have both annexed Gaza and the West Bank/East Jerusalem AND expelled most or all the Arabs who lived there, forcing them to re-locate to Egypt and Jordan. That would have been no different from what Jordan did with all the Jews in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 1948. Tit for tat. I don't know why they didn't; presumably it was just a combination of pragmatism (not wanting to provoke further conflicts with their hostile neighbours) and morality. They been paying for that "good deed" ever since.

@oreytan8160 5 күн бұрын

@@gheller2261 actually Jordan did annexed the "west bank"

@gmh471 5 күн бұрын

@@oreytan8160 I stand corrected in that I oversimplified. Jordan "annexed" the West Bank and East Jerusalem in that it took control over the area, but Jordan never declared the area to be part of its country or that all of the people there became Jordanian citizens (because they didn't). So, when Israel took the area back in '67, it was not a situation of conquering another country and annexing some of that country's land because the WB was not part of the country of Jordan. This is one of the reasons why the suggestion that Israel return to the '67 "borders" is dumb because there were no borders and the land never belonged to Jordan. Israel, the only country in the world that keeps getting attacked and is expected to give up land for peace (a peace that we all know will never stick because, well, Arabs).

@gmh471 5 күн бұрын

@@KathyPrendergast-cu5ci They didn't because if they annex those areas, Israel is no longer a majority Jewish country. The Arab majority would ultimately take control and that would be the end of that. 50 Islamic countries (22 of them Arab), god knows how many Christian countries on the planet and the Jews apparently are not allowed to have one on a tiny piece of mostly arid land surrounded by 500 million Arabs.

@asyamansurova9031 15 сағат бұрын

Ukraine forced Russian out for ages. Was closing schools and forbidding Russian language. There’re loads of other countries. Israel just cries the loudest and has western media coverage

@IslandForestPlains 5 күн бұрын

Wow. "Justifying violence = promotes more violence. Understanding violence = seeks to solve problems behind the violence and encourage healing." Awesome point of view, not only for the Palestine conflict. Ukraine springs to mind ...

@dng6121 7 күн бұрын

palestine? what palestine? arabs are you talking about arabs?

@practice4523 8 сағат бұрын

Settler violence? What settler violence? Are you talking about juwish terorizm

@dng6121 6 сағат бұрын

@@practice4523 you are the settlers on jewish land. palestine? what artifacts do you have? show me your coinage? where are you kings and queens. what scientific evidence do you have? stick a shovel in isreal and you find jewish artifacts. palestine is a latin name for jewish land. who are you? latin?

@dng6121 6 сағат бұрын

@@practice4523 islam are the newbies on ancient soil.

@practice4523 6 сағат бұрын

@@dng6121 go back to russia where you came from and stop making noise

@practice4523 6 сағат бұрын

@@dng6121 you y making noise yet your state was created in 1948 on Plstnn land

@ilayohana3150 7 күн бұрын

The quote i liked the most from this video is your last sentence. The reason is that it just thoroughly proved how foreign you are to this conflict (jew or not) and how little you understand about the actual day to day life of settlers. Alongside the violence there ie coexistence. Settlers put road signs and shop signs in Arabic because in practice, the local arabs mostly come to the settlements not to kill, but to buy, and vice versa. Many settlers would tell you theyre working with arabs. And here you have a man who genuinely understands the issue as hes worked on it for his entire life and hes telling you what is essentially an axiom in israel, and you just scoff.

@todayunpacked 5 күн бұрын

If I didn't think the perspective had merit I would not have included it. I just think it is complicated so I wanted to differentiate between what I think is interesting and what I endorse. I didn't intend to "scoff" and I don't think Yehuda took it that way either.

@ilayohana3150 5 күн бұрын

@@todayunpacked heres something worth to remember about the west bank, theres no such thing as an opinion without merit. this place is so thoroughly radicalized that the worst opinions can easily be mainstream there, so the last thing id do is ignore opinions that seem extreme to me without even checking how popular they are on the other hand, we do have enough content that shows those extremes on youtube. what i was dissapointed not to see in your video was the reality in the west bank. of course, we currently have a time of high tensions and extremism, but that wouldnt be fair to just ignore the surprising coexistence jews and arabs can have in occupied territories. its clear that when the (palestinian) authorities intensify their brainwashing terrorism happens, but j&s isnt a constant warzone. often in (relative) peace times you can see palestinians taking trips in area c, as well as israelis going on tours in the west bank, and its really unfortunate we collectively ignore that and go for a black and white solution like 2 states or whatever else.

@pasimajuri1209 7 күн бұрын

Israel is the light of this world ! ❤️🇮🇱❤️🇮🇱❤️🇮🇱❤️🇮🇱❤️🇮🇱❤️🇮🇱❤️🇮🇱❤️🇮🇱❤️🇮🇱❤️

@ReadilanPappe 7 күн бұрын

lol lol lol lol lol lol. Suffering from cognitive dissonance?

@krishnaveganathar 7 күн бұрын

This is a high level video. Good job.

@todayunpacked 5 күн бұрын

Thanks! We try to do our best and it's always great to get some positive feedback.

@stephengray1344 5 күн бұрын

Is there a link to the actual research your interviewee is talking about?

@todayunpacked 5 күн бұрын

www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-annals-of-criminology/article/returning-to-the-wild-west-jewish-violence-social-reaction-selfhelp-and-social-control/F3A52337FB398F760E3A553BAB2634B5

@mdug7224 7 күн бұрын

Good presentation.

@todayunpacked 5 күн бұрын

Thanks so much!

@coramagoo3087 7 күн бұрын

A great work of fiction

@HillelAlon 8 күн бұрын

Wow. I never knew

@abee4138 6 күн бұрын

This should be shown in all school in USA,

@alpetterson9452 3 күн бұрын

I think we are all seeing on a daily basis EXACTLY what settler violence is. It's a hopeless (and frankly dishonest business ) to try to explain genocide away. Your arguments could have been used to explain n@zi violence.

@martinfischer2663 7 күн бұрын

Hasbara is evil.

@user-pt9bd6qn9j 7 күн бұрын

What Hasbara means ? 🤔

@boryag7831 7 күн бұрын

ignorance is evil

@oreytan8160 7 күн бұрын

Explain it means in Hebrew@@user-pt9bd6qn9j

@todayunpacked 5 күн бұрын

Hasbara literally means "explaining" though it is often associated with pro-Israel propaganda. I don't think this video falls within that category but apparently Martin Fischer does.

@CF201 8 күн бұрын

Simple question from an average American of Puerto Rican descent in the NYC area......ARE THESE ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS IN THE WEST BANK LEGAL? Please explain

@samramzy544 8 күн бұрын

They are illegal: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_law_and_Israeli_settlements but you are in the wrong place to know the truth since they delete comments they don't like

@chrisd13086 7 күн бұрын

No, they’re not. Under OSLO they’re all illegal. The person who made this video knows that and is whitewashing the whole situation.

@gheller2261 7 күн бұрын

Although the anti-Israel crowd loves to say the "settlements" are illegal, they are not. Why? Because the West Bank is not a nation-state and it is not part of Jordan or any other country. So, when Jews decide to move to and build in the West Bank, whose laws are being broken? And as I said in another post, although it was part of the new state of Israel in 1948 and then Jordan took control as a result of that war, Jordan never annexed it. So when Jordan lost the war in '67, the land was taken back by Israel. So, although not part of Israel, it's Israeli land.

@todayunpacked 7 күн бұрын

Simple answer: seeing as the West Bank is contested land, it depends on who you ask

@DinoBryce 7 күн бұрын

Anything in Zone C is illegal. Under the new agreements, Zone A is legal and you need a permit to build in Zone B

@merlindavilla797 6 күн бұрын

so sad Judea and Samaria, the heartland of the Jewish land is not living in peace..

@ilayohana3150 7 күн бұрын

Youre walking in the middle and all thats giving you is smacks from both sides. Just be honest.

@ilayohana3150 7 күн бұрын

I barely feel like this is jewish coverage anymore.

@yaaraamozig4862 7 күн бұрын

כן

@RussellAlami 7 күн бұрын

Talmud : It is forbidden to attempt to set-up a State in E.Israel , before the arrival of the Messiah . The second oath commands the Jews not to make war onto Nations . This entity is regarded as a form of idol worship , and would incur another Exile , after the last time God caused the people to have to scatter .

@BlackLight180 7 күн бұрын

First of all it should be mentioned the Judaism is a generic name of a cluster of different schools and currents in the interpretation of the Holy scripts. Also the Talmud requires profound interpretation made by wise scholars...

@KathyPrendergast-cu5ci 6 күн бұрын

Talmud is a collection of Jewish writings, not Jewish law. There is a wide diversity of opinions in it., and also a wide diversity of opinions as to its meaning. Eg., does the command not to "make war" also include self-defence against attack? Is it permissible to "set up a state" if it's necessary for self-defence? i.e., defending the right of Jews to live in the land? Keep in mind there is no branch of Judaism that says Jews should not live in Eretz Israel. Many of the most extreme religious Jews who are the most opposed to the existence of Israel as a state, actually live in Israel, (ironically) reaping all the benefits - protection by the IDF, infrastructure, social services - of its being a state, while refusing to recognize its legitimacy or serve in its military; all that may be changing in future though.

@paulanderson7628 7 күн бұрын

Fighting to the death over a waste land of dust and rocks. The ugliest terrain on earth. I don't get it.

@boryag7831 7 күн бұрын

visit Kabul then or Yemen, or syria

@Joshuanyc73 7 күн бұрын

Remember pet rocks? It's not an apples to apples comparison but it does illustrate how stupid we are.

@brycecombs2868 7 күн бұрын

The area is literally called "Judea". I think some Arabs might need to read history.🤦

@marcbolan9130 7 күн бұрын

The area has had many names over the millennia. Don't just pick one tiny sliver of history and decide that's the only one that counts.

@brycecombs2868 7 күн бұрын

@@marcbolan9130 That argument works against Arab claims.😉

@marcbolan9130 7 күн бұрын

@@brycecombs2868 But it works a lot more against the Jewish claims. And since the "Arabs" have lived there since forever and the jews have only lived there since 48 when they moved from Poland, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, America, well basically every country except the area were talking about.

@brycecombs2868 7 күн бұрын

@@marcbolan9130 You are either lost for truth and reality, or just denying them.🤣 Go away with your hate speech. Shame on you.😉

@88TRUNKBACK 6 күн бұрын

@@marcbolan9130Are you mislead or do you lie on purpose? The British census of 1922 showed 11% of the population being Jewish after 1300 years of hostile government’s ruling over them

@Mizrahbless 7 күн бұрын

El problema es de cual judaismo hablamos del que es de oriente medio o judaismo europeo dos diferentes el primero es nativo el segundo profesan judaismo pero no son de esas tierras entonces judio legal o judio ilegal

@IdreesBedar 8 күн бұрын

I love how they just aimed to mainly downplay the settler violence. How about we see them quote Daniella Weiss? Or talk to people that are dealing with the settler violence

@michaelbagain8564 7 күн бұрын

They are either pushing apologia for this abhorrent criminal behavior, or simply do not understand that when you have a group who can murder with impunity, and they are backed by a military with sophisticated weapons and technology to keep you under constant surveillance, their mere presence represents a constant threat of violence, which in and of itself is violent

@davidgibson3631 7 күн бұрын

you know during war 2014 a young boy name Mohamed Abu Khdeir missing in wood and then they found him burning and his lung turn to torch and those who responislbe for this terror attack is 3 settlers

@KathyPrendergast-cu5ci 6 күн бұрын

Yes; that was terrible, and I believe those criminals were arrested and convicted of murder, as they should have been. Violence by Arabs against Jews in the the West Bank is far more prevalent than the reverse, even after adjusting for population differences (i.e. far fewer Jews than Arabs living there). That induces acts of "m*rder. There was a brutal m*rder by a 14-year-old Jewish shepherd boy in the West Bank, just a few months ago. There was the case of the family being shot in their car, from last year. Shootings like this happen every year; also roadside ambushes and executions and sniper shootings. I remember a case in 2011, five members of a Jewish family - including both parents, two boys age 11 and 4, and a 3-month-old-baby girl - were murdered in a home invasion, by two Arab men in the West Bank.

@michaelbagain8564 7 күн бұрын

I'm sorry but you gloss over the "Anti zionist view that it's a colonial project" so I have to ask if you have read the writings of Hertzl or Ben-Gurion, or many other early founders of Political Zionism? They were quite unashamed and open about calling their project a "Colonial Settler Project." These are their words, not our "views," but verifiable facts as stated by the founders of the project itself. Furthermore, I think there is an underlying and inherent "violence" that Palestinians must experience almost every moment of their lives. We are all subject to the "whims" of those in power, but there is a fundamental difference in waking up every day and spending every moment from birth to death, being surveilled by a highly sophisticated, technological, military presence that supports a constant hostile civilian presence, both of which have proven repeatedly for decades that they are able and willing to kill with almost complete and total impunity. In that situation, the settlers don't even have to raise their voices to the Palestinians, their presence alone is a constant reminder of the constant threat of violence without any form of protection for you and virtually every one you've ever known or loved. There is a subliminal sense of humiliation and helplessness that for many can and often does push them towards radicalization or self harm in other ways. It's sad but this is just another example of the Palestinians situation being so alien to what the majority of humanity can even comprehend psychologically, that even attempts to empathize with them sometimes reflect the lack of humanity most of the western world attributes to them.

@mtrichie111 7 күн бұрын

Well maybe if Palestienian power figures didnt take pride in never finding peace with jewish neighbors, there wouldnt be an issue ? You cant tell the side that openly expresses true hatred towards the other as the victim

@todayunpacked 7 күн бұрын

I recommend watching to the end of the video. You may be surprised by its conclusions

@mtrichie111 7 күн бұрын

@@todayunpacked I did, I know both sides has its victims. But the issue for the conflict that won't end can't be attributed to the side that's been pursuing peace talks for almost a century, while getting demonized for retaliating

@davidgibson3631 7 күн бұрын

tell that to Ben Gvir and Smotrich

@user-ht3jb3dr5e 8 күн бұрын

Hey, how is it called what are you doin‘ - mental gymnastics? Most of the time Hasbara is annoying but sometimes it‘s also funny. Foe example when you see a nerd who is obviously on someones payroll is traying to trivialize violence.

@samramzy544 8 күн бұрын

This channel is a joke, deleting comments that embarass them

@todayunpacked 8 күн бұрын

We don't delete any comments. KZfaq may censor your comments depending on what you wrote

@samramzy544 8 күн бұрын

@@todayunpacked No. Your channel is the only one who do this.

@elenahickman4329 8 күн бұрын

@@samramzy544 no youtube is censoring/blocking comments

@elenahickman4329 8 күн бұрын

@@samramzy544no youtube is censoring/blocking comments

@raultalmon1467 8 күн бұрын

Thou shalt not steal

@shainazion4073 8 күн бұрын

❓❓And what was stolen, from Whom?

@SolomomMamman 8 күн бұрын

Get lost

@samramzy544 8 күн бұрын

@@shainazion4073 Since no one can reply you otherwise it will be deleted, your lies are truth in this channel

@raultalmon1467 8 күн бұрын

@@shainazion4073 I am not from that region, and I am not aware of the specific situation. I am a Christian who strongly believes in the importance of the principles of the Ten Commandments. I mentioned the seventh commandment, which can be interpreted as the reader perceives it. For example, a completely misguided comment (Get lost) that invites me to stray from the path of righteousness. God forgive them, for they know not what they do.

@samramzy544 8 күн бұрын

@@raultalmon1467 Jews dispises christians. Muslims are not all good but they believe and respect Jesus as a prophet at least.

@oisin928 8 күн бұрын

Peace activist living on stolen land and using the term “extra-legal” activities?

@shainazion4073 8 күн бұрын

What Stolen land? *The land was NEVER Palestinian land. The British Land Survey of 1945 showed the Palestinian farmers only owned 3.3% of the land.* The absentee Arab land holders (living in Damascus, Cairo, Beirut and other cities) owned 16.5% of the land. The Jews owned 8.6% of the land and 70% of the land was State land transferred from the Ottomans, to the British and then to Israel. *Israel was created by almost 80% of non-Arab owned lands.* These are Bare Facts!!

@samramzy544 8 күн бұрын

@@shainazion4073 Since no one can reply you otherwise it will be deleted, your lies are truth in this channel

@arifraza3772 8 күн бұрын

@@shainazion4073Source: Trust me bro?

@arifraza3772 8 күн бұрын

@@shainazion4073Zionist militias never destroyed over 500 Palestinian villages, correct? 800,000 indigenous inhabitants were not displaced from urban and rural population centres, right? Hasbara bot.

@Sam-sl6rd 8 күн бұрын

Bro they’re crying saying this settler violence isn’t violence. Such as setting up tents and words. Then… they cry that Americans setting up tents saying words supporting Palestinian survival on Unviversity campus is violence making Jews feel unsafe. They are so unbelievable