What boggles my mind is what truly goes on in the minds of these settlers. Most of them hold European/American citizenships, and Europe is no longer discriminatory against Jews as it was in pre-WWII times. Why, in their right mind, would they choose to live in a settlement that is susceptible to indigenous raids, instead of residing in the the secure countries they originally came from?
The religious sentiment must be strong in those.
@magz, Israelis consider themselves to the be indigenous tho and view Palestinians as descendants of Arab conquerors, they deny the Canaanite ancestry of Palestinians to support this narrative.
I mean, check for example the VERY CAREFUL (and deceival, not being true to the study) of this article:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-canaa ... o-lebanon/ "The Canaanites weren’t annihilated, they just ‘moved’ to Lebanon" --> Because they simply don't want to associate Palestinians to Canaanites, denying Palestinian's ancestry is very important to justify the Zionist narrative.
I don't quite understand the meaning of "Arab conqueror" (I'll admit to not having read that article). To my understanding, an Arab is simply someone whose mother tongue is Arabic. I have seen Arabs with blond hair and Arabs with black skin. Many Jews have spoke Arabic as their mother tongue (sorry no statistics on this, please don't ask!).