joining me now is daniel leavy, president of the u.s. mer israeli negotiator. daniel, it's so good to see you, even under these circumstances. i think for a lot of people there is a certain shock that the violence has moved to the west bank. your thoughts? >> important to understand, joy, and it's good to see you, that this of course is the sixth decade of an israeli occupation of the west bank, which according to the international court of justice, is itself illegal, dotted with illegal settlements, and things weren't good for decades. they weren't good prior to october 7. the west bank is the larger territory. it's 16 times the size of gaza. the qualifications of this government, prior to october 7, were expanding. one saw, if it even crossed their minds, one saw these settlers carrying out with the israeli press called pogroms. these all happened before october 7. it's worse, of course, in response to october 7. mass arrest. the largest number of killings in the west bank for a number of years and now this latest intensification. we ar