Jennifer Horgan: Louis Theroux’s new film lays bare the brutal truth behind illegal Israeli settlements

Louis Theroux’s The Settlers uncovers the chilling beliefs behind Israel’s West Bank settlements and their global echoes
Jennifer Horgan: Louis Theroux’s new film lays bare the brutal truth behind illegal Israeli settlements

Louis Theroux's 'The Settlers': His deep human kindness makes him a perfect guide in this terrifying documentary, one that reveals the true evil that can flourish beneath a single word: God.

“Where we don’t settle, terror grows.” The speaker, a man who left New York for Israel at the age of nine, is talking to Louis Theroux at the start of his documentary, The Settlers.

The gun slung around the New Yorker’s shoulder extends beyond his knees.

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