What problems do Palestinians in the West Bank Face?

Answer 1

Palestinians in the West Bank have a number of major problems. Some of these include:

• Aggressive Israeli Settlers who are allowed to brandish weaponry and intimidate Palestinians with no permitted recourse.
• An inability to refuse the directives of an Israeli Soldier concerning quartering soldiers in his house, examination of his property, his person at a checkpoint, or his person concerning a court summons.
• Numerous vehicular checkpoints constraining free Palestinian movement
• Palestinian "Liberation" Militant Groups which function like thugs and harass both Palestinians and Israeli Settlers and Soldiers.
• Ineffective and corrupt government under Mahmoud Abbas and his supporters
• Confiscation of certain parts of their property for Israeli Security reasons
• Being subject to Israeli Law and Israeli Military Courts even though they have no representation in the Israeli electorate.

Answer 2

Israeli Settlers in the West Bank have a number of major problems. Some of these include:

• Aggressive indigenous Palestinians who may attack them with rocks, insults, or beatings.
• Israeli soldiers who are either not helpful or who actively remove their settlements or curtail their defense against Palestinians.
• A portion of the Israeli electorate that reviles them.
• Difficulty of access to major Israeli cities