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The Rise of Settler Violence - with Rabbi David Stav and Nadav Eyal

Episode length: 52m

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Critics of Israel often emphasize the phenomenon of extremist settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. Yet it can be difficult to understand the scope of the problem from afar, given the anti-Israel bias and false reporting demonstrated by many media outlets, especially following October 7. To get to the bottom of this controversial issue — and to filter signal from noise — Dan sat down with Ark Media contributor Nadav Eyal and Rabbi David Stav. Rabbi Stav is the co-founder and chairman of the Tzohar rabbinic organization and serves as Chief Rabbi of the city of Shoham in central Israel.

(00:00) Introduction
(04:49) Dissecting the “settler” umbrella
(10:11) The origins and evolution of the settler movement
(14:32) 50 shades of ideology: the various segments of settlers
(20:12) A hot potato: the reluctance to address Israeli extremist violence
(29:40) The ideology that underlies this violence
(37:18) How the Israeli government has changed its approach to extremist violence
(44:55) Closing thoughts and Nadav’s new substack

CREDITS:

ILAN BENATAR - Producer & Editor

ADAAM JAMES LEVIN-AREDDY - Executive Producer

BRITTANY COHEN - Production Manager

MARTIN HUERGO - Sound Editor

MARIANGELES BURGOS AND PATRICIO SPADAVECCHIA - Additional Editing

MAYA RACKOFF - Associate Producer

GABE SILVERSTEIN - Community Management

YUVAL SEMO - Music Composer

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