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[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 1 points 4 hours ago

Always does not mean "since I started paying attention" but regardless...

Huh? Are we even talking about the same conflict? This has been the case since 2005 when Israel disengaged from Gaza.

why do you think the violence has been at such a lower level than Gaza since the rapes and murders of Oct 7th?

Uh... Because there's no resistance worth mentioning in the West Bank? They don't need to do much for their colonial project in the West Bank, but if settlers tried entering Gaza they'd just be shot.

And why did that coincidentally change days after the election, with Smoterich now directing "the start of professional work to prepare the necessary infrastructure to apply Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria."

It didn't change, but that aside he might've felt emboldened to say it out loud, but we still don't know if the rest of the Israeli government will allow that. In case they do anytime soon, the only conclusion would be that there were plans for such an action from before the election.