Why shouldn't I? The actions of Israel speak much louder than words. If Israel on the whole cared the least bit about Palestinian lives they wouldn't have done a fraction of the things they've done in the last 60 years.
Like what? What has Israel done? I'm talking about hard facts not propaganda sensationalism. Israel vacated Gaza, signed peace treaties, vacated Sinai, gave power and water to Gaza, agreed to many ceasefires (all broken by the other side), gives the people of Gaza jobs (that's how they got the intelligence for the attack, gazans working in Israel with work permits), etc.
Sure the settlements suck, hut that's not the state of Israel's doing.
Edit: just to add an interesting fact. The "disaster of 48" (as it's called in Palestine) is when the UN declared the creation of Israel (two state solution) but the Arab neighbors didn't like that so they all attacked Israel at once. As part of the war Palestinians both fled and (no official records, but probably too) got kicked out, at least the ones that supported the Arab nations (many Arabs never left). So it was just self defense by Israel. Now you may say "oh well, they got kicked out, they should get the land back" and to that I'll remind you that the Jews of Europe were slaughtered and kicked out just 3 years prior (the Holocaust). Do you hear anyone calling to give them back their property? War is an ugly thing, but Israel is definitely not the oppressor in the region.
> Sure the settlements suck, hut that's not the state of Israel's doing.
When illegal settlements start being built, and complaints are raised/filed against it, I imagine that it takes quite some time for the settlement building projects to finish. I also imagine that there are laborers and companies involved who execute the building project over a certain period of time.
- During that whole time from the start of the settlement being built, to its completion, the state of Israel simply does not notice it happening (despite filed complaints) and is unable to do anything about it?
- Israel cannot arrest those people and suspend the license of the company building the illegal settlement that is complicit in the illegal action?
- Israel cannot put repeat offenders in prison for a very long time?
- Even if a settlement is somehow built without the knowledge of the Israeli government (impossible for a building poject), Israel cannot simply demolish it and heavily fine everyone involved?
You don't sneak a building project behind the government's back, especially when it's built on land that belongs to other people who will surely report it. Either Israeli government is absolutely incapable of doing basic government things, or there is no political will to stop such illegal settlements from being built and the Israeli government does not actually mind them, even though it publicly says that it does.
So yes, the settlements are absolutely the doing of the state of Israel if it is doing nothing to prevent them from being built.
Sure the settlements suck, hut that's not the state of Israel's doing.
Edit: just to add an interesting fact. The "disaster of 48" (as it's called in Palestine) is when the UN declared the creation of Israel (two state solution) but the Arab neighbors didn't like that so they all attacked Israel at once. As part of the war Palestinians both fled and (no official records, but probably too) got kicked out, at least the ones that supported the Arab nations (many Arabs never left). So it was just self defense by Israel. Now you may say "oh well, they got kicked out, they should get the land back" and to that I'll remind you that the Jews of Europe were slaughtered and kicked out just 3 years prior (the Holocaust). Do you hear anyone calling to give them back their property? War is an ugly thing, but Israel is definitely not the oppressor in the region.