Hanukkah: West Bank Style
<p>In a 2004<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/05/31/among-the-settlers" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"> New Yorker article</a>, Jeffrey Goldberg spoke to radical religious settlers in the West Bank cities of Hebron and Kiryat Arba. When asked how they would react to the government attempting to evacuate them into Israel proper some hinted darkly at the possibility of “another Hanukkah” in the works.</p>
<p>Wait!</p>
<p>What’s wrong with that?</p>
<p>So the IDF shows up, settlers invite them in. They light the menorah, then open gaily-wrapped presents while the warm odor of frying latkas fills the air. After dinner, and everyone has filled up on jelly-filled <em>sufganiyot</em>, the little children spin their dreidels, and everyone sings:</p>
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