Interview · moment 11 of 28
West Bank Settlements and the Ethnic Cleansing Argument
from Bonus Episode: Abby Martin
4 min
Guest
They discuss why the West Bank matters so much, whether religious prophecy drives the conflict, Ben Gvir arming settlers, and Abby argues the siege and settlement expansion prove Israel's real goal isn't just eliminating Hamas.
- Hamas charter accepts Israel as a Jewish state within 1967 borders if Palestinians have their own state.
- Slavo Žižek's point: October 7 attack is horrific but must be understood in context of an unsustainable situation creating hopelessness.
- Israeli settlements in West Bank are illegal under international law, expanding since 1967.
- Ben Gvir, Israeli government minister, distributed machine guns to settlers to accelerate ethnic cleansing in West Bank while attention focused on Gaza.
- Israel's true agenda exposed: not eliminating Hamas, but territorial expansion through displacement.
- Calling it a war between Israel and Hamas is absurd when Israel bombs a caged population with nowhere to escape.
- Israel controls Egypt and dictates its policies toward Gaza, including border closure.
- Israel cuts off electricity, food aid, and fuel to Gaza, proving complete control over the territory.
- Israel calculated minimum caloric intake to keep Palestinians just above malnutrition as a deliberate policy.
IsraelBen GvirHamasEgyptSlavoj Žižek