(…) Ben Gvir and Smotrich leading the charge
Late last year, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu entered into a coalition government with Itamar Ben Gvir’s Jewish Power party and firebrand Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionist Party.
Ben Gvir’s far-right Jewish Power party was founded by Meir Kahane. A far-right rabbi and former MP, he previously led the Kach party, an organisation which was outlawed by Israel after one of its followers gunned down 29 Muslim worshippers at the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron as they prayed.
Meanwhile, Smotrich, a self-declared “fascist homophobe”, was appointed finance minister and also handed broad authority over civilian issues in the West Bank, enabling him to increase settlement construction and thwart Palestinian development.
Since then, Smotrich has been in charge of civilian affairs in Area C of the occupied West Bank, where Israel has full security and civilian control. (…)
I wonder why you say this? Anyways, I had the same conversation yesterday, so I hope you won’t mind if I just copy-paste the answer.
According to the United Nations they are settlers. [link - March 2022]
Also even The Times of Israel calls them settlers
Palestinian shot dead by settler while harvesting olives in West Bank – report
So, I think it would be fair to say it is the correct word?
Let me ask you something… If I threw Molotov cocktails through your windows while you and your family slept. Then built my new house on the ashes. What am I?
A meanie 😡