Meh. More justifiable targets.
The towns he mentions, Bethlehem, Ramallah, Nablus and Hebron are in Judea but under the control of the Palestinian Authority, not Israel.
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West Bank residents have it pretty good compared to the rest of the Arab world and the Israeli's of 2014 who grew up cheated by the PLO and living the first two intifadas are a far different breed than those of 10 years ago.
I was listening to a lecture on Youtube about WWI given by a professor at University of Texas. He said at the start of the war many of the leaders of Europe were vacationing: no one thought a world war was about to break out.
I think there’s a pretty good chance, in today’s strange zeitgeist, that an intifada would be met with brutality that we haven’t seen from Israel in a long time. When that happens, things will go on autopilot all around the world. Europe will put boots on the ground to stop Israel plus fight their Muslim population in the streets. Our president will openly declare Israel as war criminals and enemies of peace. That will be all patriotic Americans can take. We’ll have a civil war here. It’ll be like the early 20th century: A massive remapping of the world.
Maybe not.
It's not like they can loose US support they don't have anyway so why not go hammer and thong?
To me, the wildcard in Isreal has always been the Jewish factions within Israel and the US that want to give the country away. Israel can handle the ebb and flow of US support but dealing with the wildcard means dealing with the reality that a lot of little factions will sometimes throw in with those they hate and disagree with to change horses in the middle of the stream.
Maybe I missed it, but the wildcard cabal has been quieter than in the past.