As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new military plan for Gaza faces growing criticism abroad, opposition is also building in Israel, with hostage families calling for a nationwide shutdown on Sunday. But in the Israeli settlement of Itamar, in the occupied West Bank, support for the war remains firm.
From Jerusalem, Route 60 heads north through a landscape that tells the story of more than half a century of occupation of the West Bank – with its Israeli military presence and smooth roads for Israeli settlers, dotted with checkpoints on the roads serving Palestinian localities.
