Israeli West Bank settler tells BBC attacks on Palestinians are justified as revenge
A BBC report features an interview with an Israeli settler in the West Bank who justifies recent attacks on Palestinian villages as revenge. The settler expresses extremist views, equating the value of one Jewish life to millions of Palestinian lives.
Why it matters
The report highlights the escalating tensions and extremist rhetoric within the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, providing rare insight into settler perspectives.
Figure caption, Watch: Israeli settler challenged in rare access to West Bank outpost
The Israeli settler outpost of Havat Gilad, deep inside the occupied West Bank, is spread across several hilltops, its sheds and simple block houses clearly visible from neighbouring Palestinian villages.
Last weekend saw a wave of settler attacks on Palestinian villages in the area, after an Israeli security guard from Havat Gilad was killed during a confrontation between Palestinians and Israelis in the village of Tal last Friday.
Four Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were also killed in the incident, the original cause of which is disputed.
After spending the weekend speaking to Palestinians around Havat Gilad , we drove into the outpost itself, to ask one of its residents about the violence, and the expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
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