How Israel's Government Is Accelerating Settlement Expansion In The West Bank | Thomas Helm

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"This government in particular, which contains many high-profile ideological extremist settlers, has made it a priority to accelerate the rate of settlement ... in part through taking land by force, through attacks that displace Palestinians, and make life intolerable." The combination of arson, armed intimidation, land seizures, and severe restrictions on Palestinian movement is making daily life unviable for local Palestinian communities, says Thomas Helm, Jerusalem correspondent at The National. Thomas Helm was speaking to Calum MacDonald (in for John Pienaar) on Drive. Listen live every Monday to Thursday, 4-7pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on In

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