What Louis Theroux gets wrong about the West Bank

Louis Theroux’s The Settlers revisits the project of Israeli settlements in the West Bank , which Theroux previously explored in 2011 .

Theroux points out that the population of settlers has more than doubled since the Oslo peace process in the 1990s .

But his film doesn’t show just how sprawling these settlements have become, they spread over over 30 industrial zones, shopping malls, colleges and dormitory towns.

The shift is notable in the current war in Gaza , where significant numbers of infantry casualties, as well as several of the most prominent and high-ranking officers accused of war crimes, are settlers or graduates of pro-settler colleges.

Services form the bulk of Israel ’s economy and most settlements primarily act as commuter belts to larger economic hubs.

Meanwhile, the state's entire economy is deeply implicated in the settlements.