And even this one is complex. A lot of the support for the settlers comes from American evangelical Christians. They believe that Jesus will come back under two conditions.

The first is that Jews run Israel. That’s a check. The second is that Israel suffers a major attack. Well, that won’t happen so that evangelicals send money to the settlers. Not only does it align with their “Israel should have the biblical borders” beliefs, but it adds fuel to the fire - worsening the conflict and making it more likely for a huge “Jesus will return this time” attack to happen.

They also support right wing Israeli politicians for the same reason. They don’t want a guy running Israel who says “let’s get a lasting peace with the Palestinians.” They want a guy that says “I’ll burn every Palestinian house to the ground and then burn the Palestinians themselves!”

This isn’t meant to excuse actions by anyone else. It just shows that three situations are complex with a lot of people all over the place working against peace.