"What was remarkable was not only the fact that the soldiers were only taking action against us and the Palestinians in the area and not against those settlers who established this outpost that's illegal under Israeli law as well but also the conversations that I had with some of those soldiers during our detention were quite revealing, showing the way in which these soldiers see themselves as participants in this settler movement."
"One of them acknowledged to me that that outpost was illegal under international under Israeli law, but he said One day, it will be legal. And that's the pattern. The Israeli settler playbook to create facts on the ground and then get this right-wing government in Israel to legalize those settlements under Israeli law."
"There has been a huge increase in settler violence since Hamas terrorists broke into Israel and killed about 1,200 people on October 7, 2023. He said that has spiked recently, with 7 people being killed by settlers since the start of the war against Iran or nearly as many as were killed in 2025."
A CNN crew was detained for two hours by Israeli Defense Forces while reporting on violent attacks by settlers against Palestinians in Tayasir. The IDF reacted violently, putting a photojournalist in a chokehold. Jeremy Diamond noted that soldiers expressed views aligning with the settler movement, acknowledging the illegality of the outpost but suggesting it would eventually be legalized. He reported a significant increase in settler violence since the October 7 attacks, with seven Palestinians killed by settlers since the onset of the conflict.
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