Israelische Siedler sind außer Kontrolle. Könnte eine Wahl das ändern?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/opinion/israeli-settlers-palestinians-west-bank.html?unlocked_article_code=1.41A.odAm.Sw_iVSoKl9Mx&smid=re-nytopinion
Israelische Siedler sind außer Kontrolle. Könnte eine Wahl das ändern?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/opinion/israeli-settlers-palestinians-west-bank.html?unlocked_article_code=1.41A.odAm.Sw_iVSoKl9Mx&smid=re-nytopinion
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Times Opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof writes:
>Benjamin Netanyahu is the longest-serving prime minister Israel has had, as well as its most disastrous for Jews and Palestinians alike.
>Gaza has faded somewhat from global consciousness but remains in desperate shape with no clear path forward, while the West Bank endures brutal attacks by settlers that create a widening chasm between Israel and the rest of the world. All this is Netanyahu’s legacy.
>Finally, polls suggest a chance that his malignant reign may come to an end with October’s election in Israel.
>The question hanging over the region is whether, if he is ousted, what follows will be better. The answer I hear from experts is: *Yes, maybe to a degree. Don’t expect a Palestinian state or a transformation. But the worst excesses and brutality might be reined in.*
Read the full piece [here, for free](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/opinion/israeli-settlers-palestinians-west-bank.html?unlocked_article_code=1.41A.odAm.Sw_iVSoKl9Mx&smid=re-nytopinion), even without a Times subscription.
You don’t say…
Netanyahu is a symptom, not a cause.
Israeli settlers and other extremists in Israel do more damage to the nation than the 47 years of the Ayatollah’s existence of trying to do the exact same thing.
A blight on this earth.
A more moderate approach seems like it is needed. Obviously this hardline, militant approach to the Palestinian Question has yielded no positive results and has only brought harm to the Palestinian people and Israel’s reputation.
The 1948 Genocide Convention has legal obligations. The duty to act—to prevent and punish when a genocide is happening or likely to happen—has long been triggered. The injustices in the West Bank have been in plain view for decades. Citizenries around the globe are outraged. How is it that our leaders are unable to create a coalition of the willing? The Iran war would not be happening if the world pushed back sooner.
Oh now, they are out of control.
Thier leader is a criminal who has criminal charges waiting, how they can’t remove him is sad.
Nicholas Kristoff is a treasure of a writer. The world would do better with more of his like.
Finally the tide has turned, everyone is now openly hating Israel PM
*“All of the disasters I’ve seen, combined – 40 mission trips, 30 years, Ground Zero, earthquakes, all of that combined – doesn’t equal the level of carnage that I saw against civilians in just my first week in Gaza. I’ve never seen that before. I’ve seen more incinerated children than I’ve ever seen in my entire life, combined.”*
*“I have two children that I have photographs of that were shot so perfectly in the chest, I couldn’t put my stethoscope over their heart more accurately, and directly on the side of the head, in the same child. No toddler gets shot twice by mistake by the ‘world’s best sniper.’ And they’re dead-center shots.”*
> settlers
It’s a misnomer I think. I can go and settle on a nobody’s land. There’s a different name for people who evict locals and take over their land and possessions.