The Israelis have had the Palestinians at their mercy for decades, and they’ve been…supplying them with free water and power.
Because Palestine (including Gaza, as much as Israel would like you to believe otherwise) is under the occupation of Israel. Not supplying them with water and electricity would be a crime against humanity.
I agree that there are some scary government figures. I wouldn’t doubt that some of them have genocidal desires. But they’re counterbalanced by the fact that, in the end, Israel is a liberal country. And if the standard for ‘genocide’ is that some government officials harbor or express the desire for genocide, then the list of countries in the Middle East that are not genocidal would be a pretty short list.
You should read the article; it gets to this point. There are genocidal actions (attempting to drive Gazans out of the Gaza strip, remember the warning to evacuate North Gaza?), and genocidal intention (taking the Gaza strip for Lebensraum). Together, these are genocide.
but usually that term is reserved for government policy in land it controls. Extremists creeping across the border to settle and claim land, with the goal of driving the Palestinians out–to the annoyance of most of the government in power–doesn’t really fit the mold.
Netenyahu literally campaigned on legalizing settlements, and the first settlement was taken by a military order. Settlements are also provided security by the IDF. Settlements have the tacit, or sometimes public, support of the government. And can Palestinians defend themselves against them without incurring the wrath of the IDF? The answer is no.
Tacit government support is still government support. You should research the history of settlements before saying they're to the "annoyance" of the current government. If they didn't want it to happen they should arrest these people for murder, armed robbery and terror, but they're not.