there was a significant moment, it happened when Ariel sharon was prime minister and olmert was vice president.
the israeli government decided to call it occupation.
On "BBC HardTalk" Olmert said or agreed, to saying, that The Occupation Is Wrong and Untenable.
And just as predictable.. The BBC has an absolute field day. I have never heard the word "occupation" used so many times in sentences. It was like they were releasing all these bottled up sentiments.
One cannot expect Britain or America to be more right wing than the israeli government. So the Israeli Government has to be more right wing!
At the time of the Gaza disengagement, I recall an American thinktank was against it saying something along the lines of, it would be turned into terrorist ground .. used as a launching pad for missiles against israel. But the israeli government did it despite that.