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BBC team's tense encounter with sanctioned Israeli settler while filming in West Bank

created: May 11, 2025, 9:20 p.m. | updated: May 15, 2025, 10:46 p.m.

BBC team's tense encounter with sanctioned Israeli settler while filming in West Bank4 days ago Share Save Fergal Keane & Alice Doyard BBC News Reporting from Jordan Valley Share SaveMoment BBC has tense encounter with sanctioned Israeli settlerDust was rising on the track. Nodding towards Gil Alexander he asked us: "Do you know he's a very dangerous guy?" Moshe Sharvit believes all of the West Bank - which settlers and the Israeli government call Judea and Samaria - were given by God to the Jews. Gil Alexander (left) and Moshe Sharvit both phoned the policeSettlement expansion is anathema to Gil Alexander. Two days after our encounter with Moshe Sharvit, a lone woman peace activist filmed him banging on the window of her car and rocking the vehicle.

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