• fubo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Arguably, preventing violence against illegal settlers is a higher priority for the Netanyahu regime than preventing violence against innocent civilians, because illegal settlers are reliable Netanyahu supporters and innocent civilians are not.

    It’s standard neofascist strategy. Trump, Modi, Orban, Putin, etc. would do the same.

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      1 year ago

      That’s kinda my theory as well, his regime and Hamas are codependent on each other being willing to escalate violence to maintain their hold on power.

      I believe that bibi probably thought there would eventually be some escalation that he could utilize to consolidate power, I just don’t think it was going to be quite as large or effective.