Whatever the Outcome of Israel's Election, Its Policies Toward the Palestinians Will Largely Endure
Opponents say they would curb the most violent settlers, but they would not dismantle legalized settlements or end the broader occupation.
- Israel's election on Tuesday could end Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's 17-year rule, yet his legacy of extensive settlement expansion in the Israeli-occupied West Bank appears likely to endure regardless of the outcome.
- Settlers have established over 250 rustic camps across the West Bank, enabling them to seize control of roughly one-fifth of the territory by attacking Palestinian shepherds and seizing water resources under military observation.
- The Palestinian Tubasi family was forced out in July after settlers besieged their hilltop home in Jalud for 19 days, torching the property while troops stood by, according to Mahmoud Tubasi, 60, the patriarch.
- Retired general Gadi Eisenkot, the likely successor to Netanyahu, has vowed to empower troops to crack down on settler violence, though he opposes a Palestinian state and supports limited self-rule in only 40% of the West Bank.
- Mairav Zonszein, senior analyst at the International Crisis Group, warns that any new government would struggle to slow settlement acceleration, particularly as President Donald Trump is unlikely to exert pressure for change, having long backed Netanyahu's policies.
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Whatever the outcome of Israel’s election, its policies toward the Palestinians will largely endure
Tuesday's elections could end Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political career. But his legacy in the occupied West Bank will likely endure. Over the last four years, his government has massively expanded Israeli settlements, displaced tens of thousands of Palestinians and empowered extremist settlers. His opponents promise to dismantle the most contentious settler outposts and rein in the violence. But they largely support Israel's …
Santa Maria Times
Independent EspañolJALUD, West Bank (AP) — Israel's elections on Tuesday could mark the end of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decades-long political career.
The musicians change, but the score is the same. It is a fairly graphic image of the political map of Israel in relation to what needs to be done with the Palestinians. The five men who will challenge Benjamin Netanyahu, who has dominated political life in Israel for the past 25 years, in Tuesday's elections disagree with the prime minister on many things, but there are no cracks in this. The government and the opposition share the same plan to …
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