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I'm not sure what this insistence on trying to separate the government from the people in Israel brings to the discussion. By the way Israel has normalized rel

• cutemonster 5y ago
  About half (?) the voters voted against Netanyahu, and I think even more disagree with taking more land, and that they'd rather want peace and friendliness with the Palestinians instead. So I think it makes sense to separate the Israeli government from ... most of the people.
  • sharken 5y ago
    That makes a lot of sense, let's hope that most of the people can turn Israel towards a lasting peace.
• lucideer 5y ago
  On top of the sibling's comment on voters, it's also important to consider outside influence & lobbying. The incumbent Israeli establishment's ability to retain power doesn't occur independently of substantial aid from abroad, both pubic[0] and private[1] [0] https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/total-u-s-foreign-aid-to-israel-1949-present https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/total-u-s-foreign-aid-t... [1] https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/charitable-giving https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/charitable-giving