US EditionThe Settlers: Louis Theroux returns to the West Bank in new BBC documentary
- Louis Theroux released 'The Settlers' on BBC Two, a 2024 documentary about Israeli settlers in the West Bank after the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack.
- The film follows Theroux's 2011 documentary and portrays the expansion of Israeli settlements, many regarded as illegal under international law, amid continuing conflict.
- Theroux interviews radical settlers including Ari Abramowitz and Daniella Weiss, exposes tensions at checkpoints, and visits Palestinian communities under military occupation and restricted movement.
- He documents settlers’ religious claims to the land, soldiers’ role guarding settlements, and Weiss saying Netanyahu supports expansion despite international law, while Palestinians face violence and displacement.
- The documentary highlights settlers’ intensified actions post-attack, ongoing political support, and raises concerns about the conflict’s impact on prospects for peace and Palestinian lives.
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Louis Theroux in Israel lobby's sights as he shows 'sociopathic' nature of illegal settlers
Despite recent capitulations to the pro-Israel lobby, the BBC has just broadcast a documentary by TV icon Louis Theroux on the “sociopathic” nature of the illegal settlement movement in occupied Palestine. And he’s already very clearly in the sights of the lobby. Louis Theroux exposing racism, apartheid, and settler violence Louis Theroux worked on The Settlers in response to reports that settlers were “accelerating the settlement process while …
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