Will Long-Lasting Peace Be Achieved?

Israeli domestic politics are currently in a tense state. The chances of renewed conflict with Hamas and Hizbullah remains high, while public debate over the merits of a pre-emptive strike on Iran's nuclear facilities is growing. While the Israeli government supposedly supports the resumption of peace talks with the Palestinians, the construction of new settlements in occupied Palestinian territory is pushing events in the opposite direction, polarising debate between those who advocate reaching a final agreement on the creation of a Palestinian state and those who support the rights of settlers to populate all of Biblical Israel. The current government,

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