I know you have to defend your population but you have to also think about reality.
When you prevent economic activity you cut off hope. Without hope, you get either acquiesence or frustration. A body of frustrated people will act out in desperation and harm those who they perceive as frustrating them. They will not be peaceful.
This is why it is becoming ever more critical to Israel's survival as a democracy for all people who live within its borders that Israel arbitrarily create a State of Palestine so that the people have a government to focus their frustration on and Israel has a counterparty they can hold accountable for holding the peace.
And the West Bank Settlements have to go because you can't defend citizens who live in a foreign country and breed the frustration that is generating the storm of violence.
The reality is Israel cannot be a democracy and occupy the West Bank; confiscating property on a continuous basis.
How can you let 65 years of successfully dealing with threats and attacks make you so arrogant that you forget there is a reality of people living side by side and that a government cannot protect individual people from attacks by individual neighbors. There has to be a division between potential combatants and a viable state to hold accountable for the actions of their people.
For better or worse (in many months) Hamas is accountable for Gaza. Create the conditions so the PLO is accountable for the West Bank. It is is critical to Israel's future as a democracy and a peaceful place to exist.
Sincerely,
An Individual of Hebrew Heritage
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