The latest spin in the campaign against the Jewish communities demonstrates that this is a battle over the truth, against progressive branding that presents the world with a film that begins only in the middle. Before you is an article by Shlomo Filber on Channel 14’s website.
Israeli and international media outlets have been flooded with sensational headlines about a “siege” supposedly imposed by settlers on the village of Qusra. These images, which rapidly reverberate around the world and create a spectacle of defamation against the State of Israel, are part of a well-oiled marketing machine.
The Israeli and global Left have become masters of branding. Under the banner of “woke culture,” they repeatedly succeed in portraying the aggressors as the victims and the brutal as the helpless. We saw it with the narrative of the “famine in Gaza,” and now we are seeing precisely the same model operating in Judea and Samaria.
To understand what is really happening on the ground, one must look at the strategic process the region has undergone. After 30 years of a culture of defensive containment, inherited from the Oslo Accords—in which Jews were concentrated behind the fences of their communities and behind concrete barriers along the roads—a transformation has taken place.
The fundamental change is the shifting of the “line of contact.” In the past, friction took place at the gates of Jewish communities, at bus stops, or along the edges of major roads. That was where Arab rioters and terrorists felt free to move around, attack, and spread fear. Today, the reality is different: the line of friction has moved from the edges of our roads to the boundaries of Arab villages.
The central instrument in this change has been the establishment of dozens of “lone ranches” throughout the open areas, modeled on the ranches established by Ariel Sharon in the Negev during the 1990s. These ranches demonstrate a Jewish presence on the ground and effectively create a security belt, or “yellow line,” that pushes the Arab danger farther away from civilians in the older communities. Similar to the operational model in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria, a security buffer has been created in Judea and Samaria as well—one that prevents the Arab enemy from reaching the first line of Jewish homes.
It is important to remember whom we are dealing with: the majority of Arabs in Judea and Samaria support Hamas. These are the same people who celebrated the horrific massacre of October 7. Had they been given the opportunity to repeat the atrocities of Be’eri in the communities along the mountain ridge or in Bat Hefer, they would not hesitate for a moment.
So why does the world see a “siege”? Because the images being circulated by the international media are the 2026 version of the Gaza famine lie. It is a film that is always shown to us from the middle, focusing only on the scene chosen by the progressive director. The camera will never show the first act: the Arab rioters from the villages who set out to provoke the Jewish shepherds, the attempts to attack the farms, or the daily threats to the lives of Jews living in the area.
For the article on Channel 14’s website, click here