Easy, obvious answer = because those Palestinians will not elect a government that will recognize the right of Israel to exist, and live in pace beside the Jews.Redbrickbear said:Israel's war in 1967 was against Jordan (and some other Arab states)sombear said:Redbrickbear said:sombear said:Redbrickbear said:sombear said:Redbrickbear said:ShooterTX said:the Israelis are the evil ones...Jack Bauer said:(TRIGGER WARNING)
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A video of the instances in which female IDF observers were kidnapped from the IDF Nahal Oz base to the Gaza Strip on October 7 was published on Wednesday evening.
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They are not as bad as Hamas…but they are certainly no Boy Scouts
They have been waging a pretty ruthless war against the Arabs in the area since 1948…all to create an ethnic-Jewish homeland.
As is often the case, you ignore who started all these wars and battles.
Come on now...its been a tit for tat conflict over there since 1948
(PS its also not our problem)
Starting three wars and multiple intifadas . . . Not tit for tat.
Obviously the Palestinians would view a 60 year occupation of the West Bank...their country (and Gaza until 2005) as a provocation and illegal act.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_occupation_of_the_West_Bank
[The West Bank, including East Jerusalem, has been under military occupation by Israel since 7 June 1967, when Israeli forces captured the territory...during the Six-Day War. The status of the West Bank as a militarily occupied territory has been affirmed by the International Court of Justice ]
https://operationalsupport.un.org/en/israels-illegal-occupation-of-palestinian-territory-tantamount-to-settler-colonialism-un-expert
[Israel's occupation is illegal and indistinguishable from a "settler-colonial" situation, which must end, as a pre-condition for Palestinians to exercise their right to self-determination, the UN's independent expert on the occupied Palestinian territory said on Thursday.]
Again, in response to all out invasions, attacks, and/or provocations.
Its been at peace with Jordan and Egypt now for decades.
So why is Israel still militarily occupying the West Bank and keeping millions of Palestinians under bayonet rule?
With all the excuses you make for the occupation (some valid for why it took place) you still have not come out and said when Israel should be taking their army home....
[JERUSALEM
Under a torrent of criticism from his right-wing party, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon uttered words Monday that few fellow Israelis ever expected to hear from the battle-hardened political hawk: The nation must end its occupation of Palestinian lands.
"It is not possible to continue holding 3 1/2 million people under occupation," Sharon told an assembly of enraged lawmakers from his Likud Party. "You may not like the word, but what's happening is occupation. This is a terrible thing for Israel, for the Palestinians and for the Israeli economy."
The foray into peace rhetoric came one day after Sharon coaxed the Israeli Cabinet to endorse a U.S.-backed peace plan calling for the creation of a Palestinian state.]
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-may-27-fg-mideast27-story.html
It really is that simple. The moment Palestinians decide to live in peace with Israel, all the fighting stops.
Israel gave Gaza self-determination, without forcing them to recognize Israel's right to exist. And what did Israel get? Missile attacks every day, followed by Oct7.
Given what happened on Oct 7th, there's little chance Israel will give up control over the West Bank. What is most logical for them is to proceed with settlements and get a final solution with superior demographics.