Forum From the Archives: Mark Mazzetti on ‘How Extremists Took Over Israel’

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🗓️ 1 July 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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A recent New York Times investigation reveals how violent radical elements in Israel's settler movement in the West Bank have been allowed to operate with impunity for decades. The report, based in part on accounts by Israeli officials, examines a two-tier system of justice where the authorities systematically ignored or enabled settler violence against Palestinians. Today, leaders of this extremist fringe have gained powerful positions within Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. We’ll talk with the report’s co-author, Mark Mazzetti, about the rise of Israeli extremism and what it means for the current war and U.S.-Israel relations. Guest: Mark Mazzetti, investigative reporter focusing on national security, New York Times; co-author, the May 16 cover story "The Unpunished: How Extremists Took Over Israel" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:17.9	While the world has been watching the Gaza Strip, a year-long New York Times investigation
1:22.2	has focused on violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, finding that for decades,
1:29.1	Israeli authorities ignored,
1:34.9	harassment, assault, even murder by violent elements of the Jewish settler movement. Today,
1:39.5	leaders of that extremist fringe have powerful positions in Prime Minister Netanyahu's government.
1:44.3	We'll listen back to my May conversation with the Times, Mark Mazetti, about his reporting that's based largely on accounts by Israeli officials, coming forward who are worried about
1:49.4	the occupation's threats to Palestinians and to the integrity of Israel's democracy.
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1:59.6	Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim. Since Hamas' devastating attack in Israel on October 7th and Israel's
2:06.5	catastrophic and relentless bombardment of Gaza, another region home to millions of Palestinians,
2:12.0	the West Bank, has seen life under Israeli occupation worsen. Quote, in cases involving misdeeds as diverse as stealing livestock and assault and arson,
2:21.6	not a single suspect was charged with a crime, right Ronan Bergman and Mark Mazetti of the New York Times.
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