right off the top of my head i can think of 2 reasons:Why the hell have we been so friendly to one small country in the middle-east (that doesnt have oil)?
1) military technology - USA is funding many research and development projects in israel.
2) a proxy base of operations and intelligence. israeli intelligence is unrivaled in the region.
Netanyahu is a politician just like any other (perhaps even better than most). when it suits him, he puts his arms around the religious settlers and the radical right wing parties. he basically uses the settlements as a bargaining chip so he could pause the building in the west bank as part of an agreement with Abbas (west bank Fattah leader). so far it hasn't paid off and his power is waning in Israel. the moderate Center is gaining strength but no one other than Netanyahu wants to be Prime Minister...I suspect the situation over there is the same
Israelis today care more about their deteriorating social and economic situation than they do about the peace process.
oh...did i neglect to mention i'm Israeli? i guess you already figured out...
if the palestinians truly want peace (which i highly doubt Hamas does), they should sit quietly and Israel would approach them because the USA keeps demanding Israel would progress the peace process.
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