# Why Netanyahu’s ‘rogue illegal settlers’ defence misses the bigger occupied West Bank story

https://mins.news/en/item/38486

- TRT World, 2026-08-31 10:16 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.trtworld.com/article/3655c120a7bc

> The article argues that Benjamin Netanyahu’s defence blaming “rogue illegal settlers” overlooks the broader story in the occupied West Bank. A photograph shows Israeli forces near a house attacked by illegal settlers in the Palestinian village of Qusra.

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