A Different View on Israel

The “Dream” of a Greater Israel – When will it become a nightmare?

While Israel is in ecstasy about the release of the hostages from Hamas  and rightly so,  the Israeli government is still trying to recover from the blow that they incurred from what is considered their closest ally: President Donald Trump. The American President has stated unequivocally that Israel will not be allowed to annex the Occupied West Bank, under any circumstances.

The implies meaning of Trump’s very clear refusal can only one option: the President still believes a Palestinian State is a realistic option, even in the Israeli right wing, with the Prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu in the lead, will say out loud that such a thing will never happen.

But Trump being Trump, after his very clear statement he considers it as closed topic that does not require an further explanation. And that is when the terrorists in the Occupied West Bank step in. And no, I do not mean the Palestinians who are violent and maybe even plan violent attacks against Israelis, both in the West Bank and in the rest of Israel.

In the shadow of the horrors of the war in the Gaza strip Israeli terrorists are active in destroying homes, sometime whole villages, burning cars, burning crop and killing all who get in their way. And the Army and the Police simply turn their head and look the other way while the terrorists rampage, kill and destruct. And they are terrorists, even if the Israeli Right Wing government calls them “Settlers”. They roam the West Bank, terrorize frightened  Palestinians, and take over every site an village that they believe may be an obstacle in their attempts to obstruct any possible indication of Palestinian normalcy.

However, while Israelis are not aware, or don’t care about the atrocities in the West Bank.and get to see very little on TV and in the press, the world is well aware of what is happening and News media are almost daily reporting the rampant  actions of these so-called “settlers” and they destroy anything still left of Israel’s good name.

The war in Gaza is the result of years of occupation, neglect of the needs of Palestinians, resulting in the increase of terrorism and the growth of terror organization like Hamas. And of course Israel believed they would be able to control it by throwing all around, but the results are disastrous, and in the end caused the biggest disaster of Jewry since the Holocaust.

In the West Bank, the same is happening. The settlers are trying to ignite a decisive, cataclysmic war and they are supported by the Right Wing politicians hoping to achieve their longing for a “Greater Israel”, where Palestinians are no longer a factor. Did the Gaza war not teach them anything? A far-Right member of Parliament, Orit Strock, went so far as to call the disaster of October 7^th “A period of Miracles” but she doesn’t seem to care about the twelve hundred Israelis that were murdered on the first day alone, or the more than nine hundred soldiers that were killed in the war.

Hamas will never go away. They may be corrupt, act like terrorists and kill at random also Palestinians with different opinions, but they will be there until Israel decides to let go.

The West Bank is the same. Here Palestinian “terrorists” have not reached the level of Hamas but there is no doubt they will, at some time, and Israel had better be aware. Or a second October 7^th will hit them. And it may be sooner than later, no matter the actions by the Settlers and the Army.

I hope you found this article interesting and I welcome any comments you may have.

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