Roy Sharon, who grew up in a religious Zionist settlement in the West Bank, is perhaps the most vigilant Israeli reporter when it comes to exposing burgeoning settler violence. The farthest fringes of the hilltop youth now set the right's agenda, he says
Roy Sharon. The shift in the dominant motivation behind Jewish terrorism – from revenge to population transfer – has changed the nature of the attacks themselves, he asserts. Credit: Dor Kedmi
Roy Sharon, who grew up in a religious Zionist settlement in the West Bank, is perhaps the most vigilant Israeli reporter when it comes to exposing burgeoning settler violence. The farthest fringes of the hilltop youth now set the right's agenda, he says
11:17 AM • April 17 2026 IDT
The persistent rumor before October 7 about Israeli troops from the Gaza Division being reassigned to the West Bank hovered over public discourse like a black cloud in the weeks after the Hamas massacre in southern Israel. Roy Sharon, the military affairs and defense commentator for Kan 11, the public broadcaster, not only hoped the rumor was false; he had also checked it out repeatedly and had come to the same conclusion.
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