Subject: Re: Hmmmm
No, they think the settlements in the West Bank improve security - a different question than whether they "agree" with settlements.

A distinction without a difference. They want improved security, and they think settlements give them that. QED.

One approach to that is to try to degrade whatever organization has currently taken up the mantle of trying to kill or expel the Jews, even if that's a Sisyphean task.

Another approach is to pull-back to the legal borders, stop killing civilians, and accept that for a generation or so there will be occasional attacks. You can't just expect to flip a switch and change attitudes. You need a generation of Palestinians being raised alongside Jews, working with Jews, building lives alongside Jews. And Jews that attack the Palestinians need to receive equal justice to the Palestinians that attack Jews (which does NOT happen; Jews have more or less free reign to do as they like). Those Palestinians would have too much to lose to have conflict with them. But that takes patience, and two or three decades to work. It is the more difficult decision (to make and implement). It also may be the better decision. You can always send in the Mossad to eliminate individuals once they aren't feeling they need to hide in tunnels. They weren't shy about that in the past (both former Nazis, and the occasional extremist group leader).

However, that's not the course Bibi is on. He's going to wipe them out, or try to. As I said, I get it. IMO, Bibi is taking the supremacist approach (ironically). Whether he's a racist, or a conservative (they seem to care less about the Palestinians per the polls I saw), or both. From the river to the sea, no Palestinians on Bibi's watch. And he was democratically elected. Many Jews (especially the conservatives) see that land as a gift from Yahweh, and so of course the Palestinians need to be removed by whatever means necessary.

What about turning it on Iran? That would cut the funding legs out from under several anti-Israel groups. Still not convinced it's a good idea, but pondering whether it might be. If they could avoid civilian casualties, and eliminate mostly the ruling clerics, that might just do it. I've seen numerous stories about Iran, and mostly the theocracy is hated there. Rid them of that, and they would likely vote secular.