The Internal Struggle in Israel

The distension between the left and far-right in Israel became more and more apparent during the war on Gaza (though in my view, it just showed how impotent the Israeli left is when all of 15 people showed up for a Peace Now march). And now Israeli settlers are attacking the IDF! A lot of commentators say 'the settlers are a burden to the Israeli political left' or that 'the Israeli government is being held hostage by the settlers', etc. I am not so generous in my analysis. The settlers are an unofficial extension of the Israeli right-wing and simply so unofficially what the government cannot do itself- expand into the West Bank enough to take the entire land of Palestine for the state of Israel. But what will happen if the settlers get too out of control remains to be seen. I think that attacking the IDF is where they may draw the line.......