It's true that non-radicalized Israeli lawmakers might not acknowledge it, but anybody paying attention can see that it is, in fact, happening. Hell, Israeli "settlers" have been slowly driving Palestinians off their land in the West Bank too (with the Isreali government backing them up instead of upholding Palestinian landowners' rights), let alone what's happening in Gaza. It's very clear what Israel's policy is, whether they want to officially admit it or not.

[–] SloppyPuppy@lemmy.world -1 points 10 months ago

No doubt, the “settlement factory” is live and kicking. But its not that of a clear cut as to be a policy of the state even if a hidden one.

The current most far extreme government in Israel’s history still dismantled new settlements and forcefully removed settlers.

Certain members of the coalition do indeed push for settlements and directly fund where they can and have the authority . In the last few months ben gvir straight up gave weapons to settlers. Even to ones with criminal record. In one case I think it was used to murder a Palestinian.

With all this said its still not a policy of the state. Or Bibi’s in particular. Bibi has to deal with those few fuckers on his coalition. Theres a reason that when he actually needed it he found a legal way to throw them out of the cabinet de facto and run the current war with the moderate center MPs.

What im saying is that expulsion of palestinians, or moving them with consent or encouraging them to move is definitely not something that happens or will happen. There are too many sane, centrists people who have the right to vote. Lets hope that what Hammas did on oct 7 didnt radicalize those centrists further for the next election.