In defence of Israel's Jewish settlers in the West Bank

Stark and vehement condemnations of Jewish settlers in the West Bank (but not in East Jerusalem or the Golan Heights) have been piling up in western quarters. Earlier this month, the UK , France and Canada - among the main sponsors of Israel's genocide in Gaza - banned trade with Jewish settlements in the West Bank, finally joining a boycott that Spain , Ireland and other countries opposed to the genocide had begun long before. Trading in settlement products was itself a violation of international law all along.