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Politics : View from the Center and Left Middle East Annex

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From: S. maltophilia6/13/2025 11:34:23 PM
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.... Some of the outposts depicted in The Settlers are illegal even under Israeli law, Theroux says—although the country’s government just approved 22 additional settlements in the West Bank, in some cases retrospectively legalizing ones already established. Achieving such expansions has been the life’s work of Theroux’s main subject, Daniella Weiss, who is widely described as the “godmother” of the settler movement and boasts on camera about having senior politicians on speed dial. When Theroux tells the 79-year-old that moving a civilian population into a conquered territory is considered a war crime, Weiss laughs. “It’s a light felony,” she replies. Her next target is the Gaza Strip.....

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