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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
If there was actual peace, Hamas would not have any power. Their entire power comes from anger and a desire for revenge. They're tops in my list for needing to cling to conflict and putting their civilians in harms way.
Israel comes in a close second. They have a long term strategy of colonization and control here, and the current Palestinian state interferes with it. The only way to move boundaries, is to do what Russia did in Crimea. Create conflict in order to move borders under the guise of human interest. Israel is only second here because it would survive if peace was found, though it's long term goals would have to change.
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Without trying to divine motives, I do think it fair to say that Israel is interested in having an increased presence in areas that are not currently Israeli territory. This strategy is generally described in relative tame and obscure ways. Here is
an article about a family having decided to move; note that the article never says that the family is moving into occupied territories. Rather, they're merely moving back to "Israel" to live in a "settlement" south of Jerusalem. Even the couple addresses it as living in "Israel" but they understand that there are "other" people living there.
Just one of the myriad of ways that both sides mess with each other.