Since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7th, the eyes of the world have been on

Gaza, understandably. But another front in this conflict is the West Bank,

which is a kidney-bean-shaped piece of land on the West Bank of the Jordan River.

Palestinians live in the West Bank alongside Jewish settlers, people who have pushed into the area seeking land and housing who've built cities and to believe

they have a right to be there even though most of the international community

has condemned their settlements as illegal. Some settlers violently attack the Palestinians living

there with impunity and since this war began those attacks have gotten bad

enough for the eyes of the world to occasionally leave Gaza and look to the West Bank.

I continue to be alarmed about extremist settlers attacking Palestinians in the West Bank

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