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It is clear from actions of Israelis that they consider the West Bank to be theirs to settle and they want resident Palestinians out.  This is an all too common incident lately.  The government is making no effort to protect Palestinians and as each village is destroyed by Israeli settlers the Palestinians are told to move elsewhere -- Jordan, Lebanon, anywhere but here. America has a parallel in Manifest Destiny in which white men were convinced that all the land between the East Coast and the West Coast was theirs to settle, indians be damned.  It was unfair and unjust then and now in the West Bank.  How do these ideas get started?  For America it was westward expansion.  For Israelis it is biblical.  Both movements have ensured long-term problems dealing with the oppressed.