The Middle-East

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Right-wingers have messed this up as well, this time in Israel itself..

The dramatic change in Israel’s domestic politics has shaped Netanyahu’s handling of the moribund peace process with the Palestinians, the primary focus of Kerry’s blistering speech on Wednesday.

Netanyahu has publicly committed himself to a two-state solution to the decades-old conflict. In practice, though, he has overseen a massive expansion of Israel’s web of West Bank settlements, which now house more than 500,000 Israelis and occupy so much territory that it would be almost impossible to cobble together a contiguous Palestinian state.

And that, to Netanyahu’s rivals on Israel’s right, is exactly the point. Naftali Bennett, the head of the pro-settlement Jewish Home party, told reporters last month that “the era of a Palestinian state is over.” Bennett wants Israel to formally annex 60 percent of the West Bank, a move that would deal a final death blow to the prospect of an independent Palestine.

The real reason for Netanyahu’s showdown with Obama - Vox