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The West Bank Settlers are 'to me' the crux of the entire conflict. It's why Israel can't legitimately say they're looking for peace when they actively support
by s_dev 3y ago
The West Bank Settlers are 'to me' the crux of the entire conflict. It's why Israel can't legitimately say they're looking for peace when they actively support these 'salami tactics'. The constant and consistent encroachment on Palestinian land to create a feedback loop of faux legitimacy. The UK sent planters to Ireland to achieve the same thing. The Chinese creating island in the South China is the same thing. Manufacturing colonialism.
- ethbr1 3y agoIt's subversion of international order by appealing to other countries' apathy. External countries are generally not going to militarily or diplomatically intervene in a country's internal affairs over "small" matters. Likewise, if a conflict does reach the point of international intervention, external countries will tend to side towards compromise between disagreeing factions, just to end things. Settler Israelis know this. They keep settlement activity "small" enough to avoid international intervention... ... all the while shifting the status quo so that an eventual compromise is further in their favor. Chinese activities in the South China Sea are somewhat similar, but are non-residential. There's a difference between ceding a military base in a treaty and forcibly evicting civilians from their homes.
- true_religion 3y agoThere are something like half a million Israeli settlers. They aren’t exactly a small number compared to the 3 million Palestinians in the West Bank.
- hackeraccount 3y agoYou think if Israel wasn't putting settlers on the West Bank none of this would be happening? I don't think that the settlers are helping the situation at all but I very much doubt that's the case.