For some Americans, the attack on a convoy in Gaza which killed three U.S. citizens, brought the Israeli-Palestinian conflict a little bit closer to home. But for many people in the region, it was just one more bomb, one more attack, in the relentless, bloody and interminable conflict lives.
In the next weeks we’ll bring you the voices of Israelis and Palestinians, ordinary people whose stories and perspectives don’t often make the headlines. Today, we’ll speak with Jewish settlers who are living in the West Bank.
Attacked by Palestinians and denounced by Israelis as obstacles to peace, settlers are devoted to a biblical vision of a greater Israel. And they practice what they preach, by living in mobile homes on remote hilltops and raising large families there.
Guests:
David Israel-Halevy, a settler who lives in Mevo’ot Yericho in the West Bank
Rachel Avital, a settler who lives in Ofrah, in the West Bank
Barbara Plett, BBC correspondent.