Smotrich Leads 3-Year Drive to Squeeze West Bank Palestinians as Settler Violence Spreads
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Updated · Haaretz · Aug 20
Smotrich Leads 3-Year Drive to Squeeze West Bank Palestinians as Settler Violence Spreads
3 articles · Updated · Haaretz · Aug 20
Summary
Nearly three years of settler attacks have drawn wider scrutiny, but the report says the violence is only one part of a broader campaign targeting Palestinians in the West Bank.
Bezalel Smotrich is described as leading that effort not only as finance minister but in a second, more consequential role as the effective minister overseeing the West Bank.
Masked Jewish settlers have assaulted Palestinians, burned homes and farm fields, and besieged villages, creating the chaos that has now started to unsettle some Israelis and attract global attention.
The account frames those attacks and administrative pressure as a single strategy aimed at making daily life increasingly unlivable for West Bank Palestinians.
If settler violence is a deliberate state strategy for annexation, how can international sanctions effectively target the root cause without broader economic embargoes?
How does the weaponization of basic infrastructure like water and roads accelerate the silent displacement of West Bank communities?
With outposts now spreading into Areas A and B, is the two-state solution already functionally dismantled by this settlement revolution?