The US funding behind illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2024
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Tens of thousands of US citizens are among the 700,000 Jewish residents of illegal settlements in the Occupied West Bank. With settler violence against Palestinian residents surging since October 7, prompting sanctions and condemnation from more than a dozen countries, we look at the role of dual nationals.
In this episode:
- Hind Hassan (@HindHassanNews), International Correspondent
For more:
Watch the People & Power film, "Israel’s Foreign Army"
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Fahrinisa Campana and Tamara Khandaker with our host Malika Bilal. Khaled Soltan fact-checked this episode.
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Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:09.7 | Today, the foreign ties of Israel's illegal settlements. |
| 0:18.2 | The relationship between the United States, the occupation, and settlers runs deep. |
| 0:24.4 | As settler violence surges in the occupied West Bank, we look at the role U.S. citizens and other |
| 0:30.4 | dual nationals play in Israel's occupation of Palestinian land. |
| 0:40.7 | I'm Malika Bilal, and this is The Take. |
| 0:49.8 | My name is Hind Hassan. I'm a journalist and international correspondent, |
| 0:53.2 | and I report from all over the world, including the Middle East. |
| 0:58.8 | Earlier this year, Hind and a small team made their way to some of the occupied Palestinian territories, where they filmed a documentary for Al Jazeera's people and power. |
| 1:03.9 | So what do you say to those in America who say that there should be more sanctions |
| 1:09.1 | on even the funding of settlements by private |
| 1:13.2 | U.S. residents. |
| 1:14.0 | I think that the people who claim that they support the Palestinians are not aware of the facts |
| 1:20.9 | on the ground. |
| 1:21.5 | Hinde was able to gain access to highly secured illegal settlements, where she spoke to several residents. |
| 1:31.7 | And it's good to have you here on the take to talk about some of your latest reporting, |
| 1:36.7 | about illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. Many of these settlers are actually |
| 1:42.1 | dual national citizens, and you met some of them in a settlement |
| 1:47.1 | nestled in the hills of the Palestinian city of Hebron. Talk to me about getting into this |
| 1:53.0 | settlement. What did it take? Because it's not easy. No. So most of the settlements in the |
| 1:59.2 | occupied West Bank have a lot of security. |
| 2:02.8 | You can't just throw up and go inside if you fancied it. |
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