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Although leaders of the Israeli left and centre condemned the event, Tel Aviv University's Peace Index poll last Wednesday showed that about 53 per cent of Jewish Israelis are in favour of the idea of settling Gaza — twice the number that support a two-state solution.
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It was a seminal moment for young settler radicals in Israel and some were ready to go to extremes. Israel's Shin Bet security service arrested and jailed four young radical settlers for allegedly plotting attacks on infrastructure.
One of those four detained settlers, Bezalel Smotrich, is today Israel's minister of finance.
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I maintain that the population play a significant part in their government and bear responsibility. Netenyahu is in power today because more Israelis voted for the Likud party and other far right parties, Religious Zionist party (yes that's the actual name with Bezalel Smotrich as leader), Shas, United Torah Judaism, which make up the current government. Even the National Unity party joined the coalition in October