It's a crazy world today...

Israel just can't seem to leave well enough alone. I can't help but feel like the whole Israel/Palestine situation is like two little kids who just hate eachother. They each have to get in the last word to prove that they won the fight. Now Israel wants to build in the West Bank. I don't know what the geography is there but I have trouble believing that there isn't a better place for these new settlements. Can someone explain to me why this is being done and why it's being done in the West Bank? As an outsider looking in, it sure seems like they're just trying to flex their muscle and pick a fight... Maybe I'm wrong but that's the way it looks from out here.