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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
I agree with your statement, but I think it's a ridiculous stance by Israelis. If they want security in/around the West Bank, do it right. Letting gangs of Settlers run roughshod over Palestinian civilians with full support of the police and military is not how you achieve "security". The whole place is a highly productive terrorist farm.
Fair and just policing and use of military resources is the way to security, not infringing on the rights and lives of an entire group of people.
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The average Israeli is nothing like the settler, having 8+ children, conservative in the West Bank. They tolerate the settlers out of valid concerns for their own security. The idea that Palestinians are the peaceful ones responding to Israeli violence is simply false. There are many factions, who receive a large portion of general support, who have always drawn a hard line in the sand about resistance to any kind of Israeli state and declared that they will use violence to achieve this goal.
The idea that militants were "created" in response to Israeli violence is false. For example, Hamas had their children in school programs where they were being taught to fire weapons and become martyrs. When you asked failed suicide bombers why they did what they did, the response is always to be a martyr and receive a harem of virgins in heaven.
And when Israel does ease their measure, they are typically not met with more violence. For example, Israel allows funds from Qatar to reach Gaza and allows 40,000 workers from Gaza in to Israel. Israel gets accused of "funding" Hamas and the intelligence from the workers is used to plan the Oct 7 attacks.