Palestine This Week: Israeli settlers and 'Jewish terrorism'

Settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank is at an all time high, with Israeli ministers backing and arming settlers in an effort to push Palestinians out of their homes and allow for the annexation of their land. But with the head of Israel's security agency Shin Bet referring to this phenomena 'Jewish terrorism', will the policing of settlers be enforced or will occupation forces continue to provide cover for their atrocities? This week's episode of Palestine This Week opens with a discussion about how Israel has effectively kept Palestinians in Gaza in a 'concentration camp' since the 1950s. The discussion draws on the description by Lt Gen . Burns, a Canadian military officer who served as Chief of Staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation in 1954. Burns' characterisation of Gaza as a 'vast concentration camp' underscores the enduring nature of Palestinian suffering and the decades-long failure of the international comm