One Issue Where Israeli Extremists Are Mainstream NYT | Top Stories By: Hagai El-Ad 16 September 2024 at 22:48 Israel’s annexation of the occupied West Bank is not a future prospect; it is a fact of life. Israelis and Palestinians live in a one-state reality. © Sergey Ponomarev for The New York TimesA Palestinian man in the town of Jit after an attack by Jewish settlers in August.