Nothing struck me more than learning about the term “settlers” and “aggressive settlers”.
This was referred to a group of Israelis who have “settled” deep in Palestinian territory.
There are two sides to this: one fulfilling a deep sense of religious entitlement and indeed hope, the other seeing a further incursion into their ever diminishing land.
The settlers are supported, encouraged and often well subsidised by the Israeli government to settle. Some come from abroad to do so.
Their presence serves to build a foothold in to the area and impose further ‘rights’ to the land. These settlements increasing have walls around them, there's barbed wire and restricted access for the Palestinians as the safety of the settlers is at risk.
Whilst there we saw a group of children on the school run, they were surrounded by a civilian private guards with radios and guns.
As for me, I felt very unsettled.
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