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The biggest block to peace in Palestine is Israelis who are not willing to compromise for peace and Palestinians who are not willing to compromise for peace. Such positions are strong among the right in Israel, and appear to be the majority position among Palestinians. A peace deal can’t last when a terrorist is willing to blow it up and return the nations to war.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu3WtCS-FrM
“Israel’s president and high-ranking military officials on Wednesday condemned attacks a day earlier by Jewish settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank, calling for an end to a growing wave of settler violence in the occupied territory.
President Isaac Herzog described the attacks as “shocking and serious,” adding a rare and powerful voice to what has been muted criticism by top Israeli officials of the settler violence. Herzog’s position, while largely ceremonial, is meant to serve as a moral compass and unifying force for the country.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/13/israels-president-says-shocking-settler-violence-against-palestinians-must-end-00650197
During the Gaza war, Israel has ramped up its settlement, construction, and dividing of the West Bank, continuing to make a two state solution very difficult when Israel hasn’t made a space for a Palestinian state to exist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-2bCKakP7c
Israel is dividing and conquering the West Bank, illegally creating settlements across the land, applying Israeli law to these settlements, and keeping the Palestinian West Bankers in their place. Israel has a former settler terrorist (as determined by the Israelis) as the effective governor of the West Bank.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmV6wswtG8k
For the moment, Hamas and Israel have a cease fire. The most likely outcome is things returning to the pre-war status quo: a terrorist theocratic dictatorship in Gaza who is determined to destroy Israel and kill Israelis, and Israel waiting for the next opportunity to “mow the lawn” while continuing West Bank settlements and maintaining control over that territory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWX9gRsrigw
Israel is committing war crimes. However horrible a terrorist organization is, whatever that organization will or will not agree to, holding a civilian population hostage is not justifiable. The U.S. makes mistakes in its wars, but has not tried the mass starvation of civilians.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPsu4pMpIjk
The Annex of the West Bank | Jasper Nathaniel | TMR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3PprsHg-8c
The ‘Gaza-ification’ of the West Bank
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/02/09/gaza-west-bank-00202976
“all sanctions imposed on Israeli settlers involved in violent attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and against organizations involved in the building of illegal West Bank outposts have been lifted and all frozen assets released.”
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/24/trump-lifts-sanctions-israeli-settlers-west-bank
“Trump..rescinded sanctions imposed by the former Biden administration on far-right Israeli settler groups and individuals accused of being involved in violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, the new White House website said.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-cancels-sanctions-far-right-israeli-settlers-occupied-west-bank-2025-01-21/