General Discussion

Can ANY Israeli government remove by force West Bank settlers, some of whom have lived in their communities for generations?

I'm pretty sure attempting that would be political suicide, as would withdrawing all government security from West Bank settlements -- leaving them to the tender mercies as residents in a sovereign Palestenian state.

I suppose it's possible sometime in an unforseeable future that factional civil wars could redraw boundaries into two or more states, but in this nuclear age with extreme discrepancies in military power, I doubt the patterns of the past will be repeated. Power is no longer based on the number of soldiers trained to wield swords and bows.

And yes, I understand Zionism. The Holocaust demonstrated that the Jewish people will never find long term security as residents, or even citizens, as a minority in foreign lands. Combined with the promised Holy Land, and International support, the nation state of Israel was born.

As was the modern conflict with Palestinians who lived there. Some Jews already resided there, but the mass migration to form the Jewish State dramatically changed whatever equilibrium may have existed.