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This Is Why

Inside settler violence in the West Bank

This Is Why

Sky News

News, Daily News, News Commentary

4.0552 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Who are the Israeli settlers forcing Palestinians from their homes?  
 
Chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay has been in the West Bank, witnessing the Israeli settlers who are forcing Palestinians from their homes. He also sees how the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) is protecting the growing number of Israelis claiming this land is theirs.  
 
Stuart meets one Palestinian man who left for work and when he returned home, he found it had been taken over by Israeli settlers. He also meets the settlers who say this land belongs to them.  
 
To watch Stuart’s film in full, click here.  
 
Producer: Natalie Ktena  
Editor: Paul Stanworth  

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Coming up on the Daily, Sky's chief correspondent takes us inside the West Bank. After reports of

1:06.8

increased violence and intimidation by Israeli settlers in Palestinian territory. What hope

1:12.0

for a two-state solution?

1:18.9

Hi everyone, welcome back to the Daily. Look, for obvious reasons, it's been Gaza dominating

1:24.4

the headlines lately, especially with Israel pursuing even greater control of it.

1:29.5

But what about the West Bank? Since 1967, it's technically been under military occupation by Israel,

1:36.2

with Palestinians allocated certain areas and Israelis others. For years, though, Palestinians have

1:42.9

complained that Israeli settlers have been taking their

1:46.5

land. And since the October 7th Hamas attacks, there's been a marked increase in the violence

1:52.4

and intimidation as those settlers take more and more of what is technically, legally, not theirs.

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