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There are a couple of factors (important) that need to be considered.
One, is that Israeli's although the majority are not Synagogue going "religious" Jews, are affected to move toward the "right" when attacked. The mentality is defensive. When we get attacked we fight back, and if no then their is a public backlash for the decision makers. By the "right" I mean that most of the people who are right of center in political matters are religious.
So one is religious and another is combativeness.
The Judea and Shamron (notice I call them this, instead of the "occupied territories" or "West Bank"..) is part of Israel, religiously and historically. I know that Heopoe does not agree with me, however (two jews, three opinions ;-) ) Alot of people think, and believe that the only reason that Jews are not in these a yoreas is because they were kicked out. And now we are back. For example Hebron has been a home to Jews, continuously, If I am not mistaken the only reason why there was a break is because of a killing spree by Arabs.
Some history foru..
In 1929, Arabs murdered 67 men women and children. Under British supervision at the time, Hevron's Arabs chased the rest of the Jews out of the city. "Cleansing it".
You see, history is easily forgotten by many, however the people living there now (Jews) have not forgotten, and they are still pissed about it. The British removed the Jews again in 1936, those that dared to move back again. Abraham is supposed to have been buried there. The prophets made our nation, to not remember them is to, or not honour them is like giving up on our history, and I for one am compelled not to forget history. There is a whole world of debate here... another time perhaps.
Gaza fine, let's get out, Lebanon as well, don't like the way it was done ... but Judea and Sumaria, let's just stop and think about this a while ..
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