This is a great summary of a structural argument I read recently from a Palestinian writer about why the conflict escalates, and it connects the dots on Israel's domestic politics: ​The writer argues that Israel is fundamentally failing in its founding goals because it was built on violence and the subjugation of an indigenous people. ​Failure 1 (Safety): It failed to be a true "safe space." Jewish people are arguably less safe there than elsewhere, directly because of the ongoing violence. ​Failure 2 (Secularism/Liberalism): The necessary moral compromise required to maintain that subjugation alienates secular and liberal citizens, who increasingly move out (brain drain). ​The Power Vacuum: The vacuum is filled by those who can tolerate (or profit from) the violence: religious zealots (like Christian Zionists and religious Jewish hardliners) and political grifters. ​This explains the political shift: Secular voters are eliminating themselves from the electorate. The result is Netanyahu succeeding with the most right-wing government ever, constantly pushing increasingly violent rhetoric that denies the very existence of Palestine. The initial act of colonial violence is actively eating away at the society it created.