In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Peter Beinart speaks with journalist Dalia Hatuqa about what’s really going on in the West Bank. They discuss the settlers who are moving into new areas of the West Bank, why the Palestinian Authority doesn’t try to stop settler violence, and how the Israel army and the settlers have converged.
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Dalia Hatuqa is a multimedia journalist specializing in Israeli/Palestinian affairs, and regional Middle East issues as they pertain to business and economics, culture, art and U.S. foreign policy. She also writes about religion, minorities and immigration in the U.S. You can read her work in major outlets around the world, including the Washington Post, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, NPR, BBC, the New York Review of Books, The Economist, Time, the Nation, the Intercept, Jewish Currents, the Guardian, and Al Jazeera, to name just a few. You can see her full bio and a compendium of her work at https://www.daliahatuqa.com
Peter Beinart is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Foundation for Middle East Peace. He is also a Professor of Journalism and Political Science at the City University of New York, a Contributing opinion writer at the New York Times, an Editor-at-Large at Jewish Currents, and an MSNOW Political Commentator. His newest book (published 2025) is