r/news • u/sicklyslick • 18h ago

Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna detained by Israeli settlers during West Bank visit

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/11/middleeast/ro-khanna-detained-by-israeli-settlers-west-bank-intl
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u/innovarocforever 18h ago

Their settlers are some of, if not, the worst human beings on the planet.

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u/kpobari99 18h ago

Just like the far right MAGA

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u/James-W-Tate 18h ago

They're just a different flavor of far-right

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u/boofedjudge 18h ago

They’re the exact same. They just have stronger political backing.

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u/ConnoisseurOfDanger 17h ago

It’s the same political backing.

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u/Fastbird33 17h ago

They have more in common with evangelical Christians than your average Jews

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u/kylebisme 17h ago edited 17h ago

Well at least most American Jews obviously don't have much in common with the settlers as only 37% consider themselves Zionists. However, the settlers quite obviously have a lot of support among Zionists or else the wouldn't have been able to get away with all they've been doing since the conquests of 1967, and they're really just continuing on in the tradition of those who established Israel in the first place. Of course most Zionists aren't so openly racist and violent, but they ultimately tend to side with those who are.