As settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank continues to intensify, Haaretz West Bank correspondent Hagar Shezaf joins host Allison Kaplan Sommer to share her experiences covering the deadly incidents in Hawara, Turmus Aya, Um Safr, and, over the past weekend, the clashes in the village of Burqa that resulted in the killing of 19-year-old Qosai Jammal Mi'tan. Two settlers are suspected in the shooting.

Friction between settlers living in the outposts that ring and encroach on Palestinian villages is nothing new, Shezaf explains, but their level of violence has been on the rise since the ascendance of the Netanyahu government, whom she says seem to be emboldening the perpetrators.

As settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank continues to intensify, Haaretz West Bank correspondent Hagar Shezaf joins host Allison Kaplan Sommer to share her experiences covering the deadly incidents in Hawara, Turmus Aya, Um Safr, and, over the past weekend, the clashes in the village of Burqa that resulted in the killing of 19-year-old Qosai Jammal Mi'tan. <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-08-04/ty-article/.premium/palestinian-shot-dead-by-israeli-settlers-in-west-bank-palestinian-health-ministry-says/00000189-c1d3-d9f3-a1cd-f7dbcf1c0000">Two settlers are suspected in the shooting</a>.
Friction between settlers living in the outposts that ring and encroach on Palestinian villages is nothing new, Shezaf explains, but <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-06-23/ty-article/.premium/israeli-security-officials-say-settler-violence-will-trigger-anarchy-in-west-bank/00000188-e8dd-df52-a79d-fcffa9670000">their level of violence has been on the rise</a> since the ascendance of the Netanyahu government, whom she says seem to be emboldening the perpetrators.

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – a weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer.

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – a weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer.

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From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – the Haaretz weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer. 

From Haaretz – Israel's oldest daily newspaper – the Haaretz weekly podcast in English on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World, hosted by Allison Kaplan Sommer.

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