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US representative Ro Khanna was recently in the West Bank where he was detained by armed Israeli settlers. When Israeli soldiers arrived, they sided with the settlers and continued to detain Khanna. This is an excellent illustration of the concept of “legitimacy” when it comes to state violence that I’m frequently harping about. The legitimacy of an actor’s violence is a measure of the probability that other actors will endorse or support that violence. Here, the Israeli state is telling us that the settlers are adjuncts of the state and that the state will endorse and support their violence. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0qyk9jwq9no