Originally Posted by chambers92

I think how they deal with the Palestinians has changed as well, it's even more heavy handed than it's been in the past. Olmert and his admin are exploiting the situation by selling fear to people where having a reason to fear is a reality. Meaning for Israeli citizens, some of that fear is legitimate.

But there'd be a lot less reason to fear if they would stop building settlements, start giving land back, give Abbas a chance to control and police the West Bank and stop punishing the citizens of Gaza for Hamas.