Major-General Eyal Ben-Reuven, an Israeli military veteran, spent his life fighting for Israel. He survived the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, when his platoon was nearly decimated, commanded a division in the West Bank, and led Israeli ground forces in the 2006 war against Hezbollah.
In recent months, Ben-Reuven returned to the occupied West Bank to travel the territory alongside other retired generals and former government officials. The group visited the remains of a Palestinian school that had been looted by Israeli settlers.
During the visits, the generals heard accounts from Palestinian shepherds and farmers who described attacks and torture they suffered in the region. The article classifies settler violence as part of a broader context of tensions in the occupied West Bank.
