Program: The history of the Israeli Settler movement

The Israeli settlements in the Occupied Territories of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, are illegal under international law. They are also a key stumbling block to the creation of a viable Palestinian state. Yet for 50 years they have increased in number and size.  We look into the development of the  Israeli settler movement, and its impact on Israeli politics.

Guests

Arie Perliger, Professor at the Scholl of Criminology and Justice Studies at the University of University of Massachusetts Lowell. His area of expertise includes, Political Violence and Extremism, Security Policy and Politics, Far-Right Politics (Europe, US and Israel), Political Socialization, Middle Eastern Politics.

Callie Maidhof Assistant Senior Instructional Professor and Associate Director of Global Studies. She is currently writing a book on the subject titled Borderline Settlers: Israel's Secular Middle Class in Palestine.

Sara Yael Hirschhorn historian at the University of Haifa and a Fellow at the Jewish People’s Policy Institute in Jerusalem. She is the author of City on a hilltop: American Jews and the Israeli Settler Movement.

Akiva Eldar Israeli journalist and author of Lords of the Land: The War Over Israel's Settlements in the Occupied Territories which he wrote with Idith ZertalIdith Zertal.

Presented and produced by Annabelle Quince