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Because we keep funding their illegal actions.

Time to stop throwing gazillions of our American dollars at that bottomless pit of horror.

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No, it's not merely because we permit it.

I want to know what the reason is that they want to do it in the first place, before the results in some act of violent reprisal?  Why?  Is there not enough real estate available on their side of the line, or is this about using civilians to conquer land one subdivision at a time?  Or is it about preventing a long term two state solution?   What is the motive for the government doing it?[/quote]
Because Israel proper is a very tiny country, and real estate there is prohibitively expensive. People don't want to pay 2 million dollars for an apartment in Tel Aviv.  If this was the dream of living in Israel, no one would sign up.  They want a dream that the aliya machine has sold them - a suburban house with a yard, a pool, and a garage, at a price that doesn't break the bank.  This is only possibly through continued acquisition (read grab) of land that Israel doesn't own.

It doesn't stop with land.  You need support services and infrastructure to service the land. You need roads, water, power lines.  You don't have enough within your own boundaries. So you commandeer them from your neighbor and call it necessary to service vital needs of your own population.

This is not about religion and has never been.  This is about struggle for resources in the world where they are very limited. [/quote]

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