Louis Theroux's new film captures the mundanity of Israel's extreme settler movement

The Settlers: An Incomplete Portrayal

I watched the latest Louis Theroux documentary The Settlers with the same apprehension with which I approach most Western media output relating to the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis. There is nothing quite like the capacity of well-meaning Westerners to grossly misunderstand and miss crucial pieces of the puzzle in regard to the history and context of why Israelis and Palestinians are fighting one another.While the war between Hamas …

Israeli Soldiers and Settlers Raid Palestinian Activist’s Home “in Revenge” for Louis Theroux Documentary Appearance - Quds News Network

Occupied West Bank (Quds News Network)- A Palestinian activist who appeared in a BBC documentary by Louis Theroux about Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank said that Israeli soldiers and settlers raided his home on Saturday “in revenge” for his participation in the film. Issa Amro, co-founder of the non-violent activist group Youth Against Settlements which aims to end the expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank, shared videos o…

Louis Theroux's new film captures the mundanity of Israel's extreme settler movement

'The Settlers' is curious rather than caustic as Theroux visits an illegal West Bank outpost, Hebron's segregated streets and a 'resettle Gaza' conference. By letting his subjects speak for themselves, he reveals the terrifying normalcy of the Israeli far-right

Louis Theroux's new documentary on Zionist 'settlers' shocks the West, angers Israel lobby

Louis Theroux faces condemnation for having put a microphone and camera in front of the 'settlers' seizing Palestinian land – letting them speak candidly for themselves.

Louis Theroux and The Settlers: The BBC Documentary That Paints Every Israeli as an Extremist

Louis Theroux first visited the West Bank in 2011 to film a documentary titled Louis and the Ultra-Zionists, part of his long-running series for the BBC. Back then, he at least seemed to possess a trace of journalistic curiosity. Even the title signaled a degree of editorial caution — framing his subjects as a small, ideological fringe rather than representative of Israeli society as a whole. At the time, Theroux made an effort to clarify that h…

‘The Settlers’ Makes Louis Theroux Say What He Thinks

In order to watch The Settlers, I first had to fraudulently assert my right to do so. The latest film by much-lauded documentarian Louis Theroux was broadcast earlier this week on BBC Two, and is available to stream via BBC iPlayer, which you can only access with an IP address in the U.K. (an international release date is apparently coming soon). So I lied in order to have the thing I wanted, which seemed fitting enough.  Theroux has made a name…