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‘Calling for their arrest’: Dem lawmaker goes scorched earth after detention
Settler Violence Is Not a Side StoryPower Was Not MissingRep. Ro Khanna says Israeli settlers detained him in the occupied West Bank while carrying American-made M4s, and that IDF soldiers sided with the settlers and prolonged the detention. That is the core fact pattern here: armed civilians, backed or at least tolerated by uniformed state כוח, controlling movement and intimidating American citizens. The rest is damage control.The Real Actor Is the StateThis should not be narrated as a spontaneous clash between “travelers” and “locals.” Settler violence in the West Bank is only possible…
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