In the '90s we almost bought a small house in Eli, a Jewish settlement not far from Jerusalem. It was very cheap, and you could see why. There had to be constant armed border controls to defend from nearby Palestinian attacks.
Looking at recent reports, the same thing is going on now.
Wiki: " In 2013, representatives of the nearby Palestinian village of Krayot blamed Eli settlers for an alleged uprooting of more than 100 olive trees on their property.[8]
In January 2014, an Eli resident claimed to have photographed Palestinians chopping down an olive tree which a later report on Ma'an news blamed 'settlers' for the incident.[9][10][11]
In August 2015, a gas station was firebombed on Route 60 near Eli. Later, two Palestinian from Awarta, members of PFLP claimed the attack was a retaliation for the firebombing at Duma.[12][13]"
I confess I have no answer. But I wish Trump would keep his nose out - it doesn't help.
As I said earlier, other nations mixing in just makes things worse. They don't understand all the complications.
Who does?
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