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Settler violence in West Bank pushes Huckabee, Israeli generals to break with Netanyahu

Escalating settler attacks on Palestinians — and on an American citizen and an NBC crew — have drawn condemnation even from the US ambassador to Israel and Israel's own security establishment.

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What to know

  • Settler attacks in the West Bank have escalated to the point of drawing condemnation from US Ambassador Mike Huckabee, a longtime pro-settlement Christian Zionist.
  • Israel's own national security establishment, via the INSS think tank, has called settler violence a potential existential threat to Israeli democracy.
  • Congressional Democrats have united behind sanctions legislation against Israeli figures tied to the violence, while the Trump administration has avoided joining Canada and European sanctions.
  • Whether the dynamic changes may hinge on Israel's October election and the 2028 US presidential election.

“horrible activities of criminal nature”

Mike Huckabee, US Ambassador to Israel · Vox ↗ · Sep 20

Mike HuckabeeMike Huckabee US Ambassador to IsraelBenjamin NetanyahuBenjamin Netanyahu Israeli Prime MinisterLou Ridi American citizen, Qusra residentAida Ahmed Abdullah Palestinian resident, prior settler-violence victimINSS (Institute for National Security Studies) Israel's top national security think tankCongressional Democrats US lawmakers

Settler violence in West Bank pushes Huckabee, Israeli generals to break with Netanyahu
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Sep 22yesterdaynow · 8:50 AM ET
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    VoxSettler violence could reshape US-Israel relations after 2026-28 elections

    Analysis argues that if Netanyahu loses Israel's October election and Democrats retake the White House in 2028, political conditions could align for a serious challenge to the occupation apparatus enabling settler violence.

    “band of terrorists…”
    — Mike Huckabee, US Ambassador to Israel · source

    • It's not just settler violence, it's the treatment of Palestinians since the Zionist project started. Netanyahu and the people who obeyed his orders are all war criminals.

      Global-Statement-113r/politics1d agoview on r/politics ↗
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    Trump administration avoids sanctions imposed by Canada, Europe — Canada and European nations moved to sanction figures tied to settler violence, while the Trump administration — described as the most pro-settlement US administration in history — conspicuously declined to follow.

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    Congressional Democrats unite behind Israel sanctions bill — Democrats in Congress, long divided over the Gaza war, coalesced around legislation to sanction Israeli politicians and corporations implicated in settler violence.

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    Israeli think tank INSS warns of 'Jewish terrorism' crisis — Israel's top national security think tank, INSS, issued a strategic alert calling settler violence a national crisis and a potential existential threat to Israel's future.

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    Huckabee condemns settlers as a 'band of terrorists' — US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, a Christian Zionist normally sympathetic to settlement expansion, publicly denounced settler conduct as criminal.

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    Masked settlers attack an NBC News crew — About two weeks after the Qusra sieges, masked settlers beat up an NBC News crew while it attempted to interview Aida Ahmed Abdullah, a Palestinian previously forced from her home by settler aggression.

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    Settlers besiege three Palestinian homes in Qusra — Settler extremists besieged three Palestinian homes in the West Bank village of Qusra, including one belonging to American citizen Lou Ridi.