Israeli Settler Attacks in Occupied West Bank "Fit Into the Plan of the State"

"PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: We have a commitment from them, and I assume they're going to honor that commitment. I hope they do. ... We're going to find out if they behave, if they behave good. If they don't behave, we'll take care of it. ... I didn't say who would go in, but somebody will go in. It's not going to be us. We won't have to. There are people very close, very nearby, that will go in. They'll do the trick very easily, but under our auspices."

""There is the fear all the time that the war will be renewed," says Amira Hass, Haaretz correspondent for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, who joins us from Ramallah. Hass is the daughter of Holocaust survivors and is the only Israeli Jewish journalist to have spent 30 years living in and reporting from Gaza and the West Bank."

Days after a U.S.-backed ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect, the U.S. president warned that the United States would back a military intervention if Hamas fails to uphold the agreement. The president stated that others nearby could intervene "under our auspices" and suggested the United States might not be the direct actor. Reporting from Ramallah emphasizes a constant fear that the war could be renewed. A seasoned Israeli Jewish journalist who lived and reported for decades in Gaza and the West Bank is noted for prolonged on-the-ground coverage of civilian impact and regional tensions.

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