Israel is rapidly expanding settlements and violence across the West Bank while U.S. media stays silent — bad for Palestinians, and framed here as proof American outlets shield Israel.

• The UN reports over 1,000 Palestinians killed in the West Bank since October 2023, with settler attacks hitting record highs — an average of six a day.
• Israel's government has approved 18 new settlements deep in Palestinian territory, built new military bases, and expelled more than 30,000 people from their homes.
• Finance minister Bezalel Smotrich openly called for a million settlers in the West Bank; settlers are now armed with government-supplied guns and drones used to intimidate farmers.
• Israeli forces killed 235 Palestinian children in the West Bank since October 7, a sharp acceleration, and are demolishing Palestinian water infrastructure with U.S.-made bulldozers.
• The core charge: U.S. cable news ignores all of this while treating October 7 as historic, revealing a double standard that treats Palestinian lives as unworthy of coverage.

Outlook: Settlement expansion and settler violence are set to intensify, fragmenting the West Bank and making a Palestinian state far harder to achieve.