What Louis Theroux gets wrong about the West Bank:
To an Israeli, watching both Louis Theroux’s The Settlers and the response to it has been a strange experience ...
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If you were shocked by my film on Israeli settlers in the West Bank, you haven’t been paying attention
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- Witnesses say around 40 masked, armed settlers threw stones, smashed windows, and set homes ablaze while children were inside.
- Witnesses say two children and a pregnant woman were hospitalized; eight-year-old Razan suffered a nasal fracture.
- The Israeli military says police opened an investigation; suspects had fled before troops arrived, and arrests remained unconfirmed.
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- Awdah Hathaleen, a key figure in the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, was shot dead by an illegal settler in Umm al-Kheir.
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An Israeli settler just shot Awdah Hathaleen in the lungs.— Yuval Abraham, Israeli co-director of the film No Other Land, posted on Instagram about the incident.
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- In 'The Settlers,' Louis Theroux explores the Israeli settler movement and its impacts on Palestinians.
- A powerful interview with Daniella Weiss, a leader in the Nachala settler movement, reveals her disregard for Palestinian suffering.
- Theroux confronts Weiss about settler violence while she dismisses the realities of conflict near Beita.
- The documentary illustrates how settlers prioritize a mythological narrative of land acquisition over legislation and human rights.
It would be understandable to think of your own people, your own children, first. But to think about other people, and other children, not at all? That seems sociopathic.— Louis Theroux speaks to Daniella Weiss about the suffering of Palestinians.
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- Louis Theroux returns with the BBC Two documentary 'The Settlers,' exploring a community of Israeli religious-nationalist settlers.
- He started as a journalist in the US before gaining fame through his distinctive documentary series.
- Louis's brother Marcel and cousin Justin have notable careers in writing, presenting, and acting.
- Theroux described his first marriage as a convenience and revealed his alopecia diagnosis in 2023, which altered his appearance.
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