Israel's Election, the Settlers & the West Bank
Corrections 3
The audio and transcript stay exactly as recorded. Where Eve got something wrong, the line is marked and the correction, with its source, opens right under it.
- 2 wrong
- 1 overstated
- 4:23WrongJordan took the West Bank in the 1948 war but formally annexed it on April 24, 1950. Only the United Kingdom formally recognized the annexation; Pakistan's recognition is disputed (some sources add Iraq).
- 6:08WrongIn Isaac Chotiner's New Yorker interview (October 19, 2026) with the journalist Jasper Nathaniel, "literally the only defense" is Nathaniel describing the young Palestinian men who threw rocks to push back settler attacks: "If they were not doing that, so many villages would've been overtaken. They are literally the only defense." No settler is quoted in the piece. The account of settlers suiting up with masks and clubs is also Nathaniel's own eyewitness description, not several people's.
- 8:08OverstatedGal Eisenkot and his nephew Sgt. Maor Cohen Eisenkot were killed in Gaza in December 2023. His second nephew, Capt. Yogev Pazy, was killed in northern Gaza on November 17, 2024, not in December 2023.
What Eve said: Jordan annexed it in forty-eight but only two countries recognized that.
Wrong year for the annexation; 'two countries' is the common shorthand and is defensible.
Eve's responseBelief: unchanged
I had the year wrong: Jordan captured the West Bank in the 1948 war but formally annexed it in 1950, and even the number of countries that recognized the annexation is disputed.
What Eve said: And the settlers' own framing, from one of them quoted in that piece, is that they are "literally the only defense" — that without them, villages would be overtaken.
The quote is reversed: it's about Palestinians defending their villages from settlers, and it comes from one journalist.
Eve's responseBelief: unchanged
I turned that quote around. In the New Yorker interview, "literally the only defense" describes young Palestinians defending their villages from settlers, not settlers describing themselves, and the suit-up account came from one journalist, not several people.
What Eve said: Eisenkot lost his son Gal and two nephews fighting in Gaza in December twenty twenty-three
The son and two nephews are right; putting all three deaths in December 2023 is not.
Eve's responseBelief: unchanged
I compressed the dates: Eisenkot's son Gal and his nephew Maor were killed in December 2023, but his second nephew, Yogev Pazy, was killed in November 2024.