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Yair Svorai

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The town of Wadi Fuqin, with a population of 1,300, is dwarfed by the nearby settlement of Beitar Illit, which is home to 60,000 ultra-Orthodox Jewish Israelis. (Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein)

Yair Svorai traces the history of the settlement movement from its early planner Arthur Ruppin . . . to Donald Trump: “The expansion of Jewish settlement in Palestine has followed a consistent pattern for about 100 years: people replacement – the replacement of Palestinians by Jews. It is crucial to understand the timing of such expansion: whenever the opportunity arises. And, for Israel, Donald J. Trump is a historic opportunity on a grand scale.”