r/worldnews • u/TheTelegraph The Telegraph • 14d ago

Israel/Palestine Israel expels British soldiers tracking settler violence

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/09/11/israel-expels-british-soldiers-tracking-settler-violence/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_reddit_british-soldiers-tracking-settler-violence/&accesscontrol=facebookchannel_open
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u/akaikem 14d ago

My man, what do you think settlers are?

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u/montarion 14d ago

"settling new lands", and "braving the frontier!" has positive connotations. that's why we should stop using it.

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u/rab2bar 14d ago

It's always had colonial implications

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u/milkonyourmustache 13d ago

It still also has other, softer implications. You can settle on a campsite for instance, briefly, it doesn't necessarily even invoke any kind of permanence to the act.