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My ABC Global Roaming interview on crisis in the West Bank and beyond
['Antony Loewenstein']
Antony Loewenstein
My long interview with the ABC Radio National program, Global Roaming:Antony Loewenstein says Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank has turned “almost apocalyptic”.
On a trip to the area last month, Loewenstein says he witnessed near-daily attacks on a Palestinian family.
It comes as the United Nations says Israeli settler violence has reached unprecedented levels.
Loewenstein points to roughly 800,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank, a prosecution rate for settler violence he puts close to zero, and the upcoming Israeli election as all contributing to the increased violence.
And, as a Jewish Australian, he warns the Antisemitism Royal Commission risks conflating criticism of Israel with antisemitism.