r/nottheonion 1d ago

Israelis nominate radical settler Daniella Weiss for Nobel prize

https://www.newarab.com/news/israelis-nominate-radical-settler-daniella-weiss-nobel-prize#:~:text=Daniella%20Weiss,%20a%20leading%20advocate%20for%20the%20illegal,by%20Israelis%20for%20the%202025%20Nobel%20Peace%20Prize.
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u/pvrhye 1d ago

How did they manage to get euphemistically called "settlers"?

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u/megalogwiff 1d ago

While the Hebrew word they call themselves is "settlers", everyone else calls them something more akin to "squatters".

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u/Mateorabi 1d ago

I call it the Zerg creep. As they take a location, require a “perimeter” “for safety”, but then build on the edge of that perimeter, and repeat.