A man I talk to
Most days asked why I was wearing my pro Palestine badges on my hat, I explained. He was outraged, I he said, have lived in Israel, they are normal people doing normal things…….. 😒
Israelis sure seem to think that way. The nationalistic brainwashing there is and has always been absolutely nightmarish - actually significantly worse than even ours in the states.
This guy is Russian and now lives here, after leaving Israel, but as you say the brain washing. He was incredulous and shocked that I could support Palestine and its people.
It sticks with expats. My father was a toxic Israeli nationalist until the day he died, afaik (we stopped speaking towards the end). His ex probably still is. Impossible to forget some of the horrible things they said.
You'd have to be pretty blind and deaf not to see or hear that the U.S. is in the midst of a Constitutional crisis, precisely because of those who refused to vote because of their support for Palestine - which did zero good for anyone actually in Palestine, BTW.
Israel is. Whether you agree with or even understand the Ottoman, British and Israeli history, it exists. Millions voluntarily left or were forced from their homes - we don’t debate a right of return for Jews raped, murdered or evicted from Lebanon.
It is a modern nation. And only one of one. The Arab and Muslim world has 20+. And while they have no Jews to speak of, even though Jews used to live there, Israel is 20% Arab. And those Arabs have government representation.
Let’s stop with the narrative this is the only questionable
history in geopolitics and embrace a two-state solution. Or keep adjudicating through terrorists like Hamas and watch millions suffer with 98% literacy, 50% unemployment (higher now) and aid money stolen by Abbas and Sinwar (past tense but the funds are still in his family’s Swiss accounts).
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Most days asked why I was wearing my pro Palestine badges on my hat, I explained. He was outraged, I he said, have lived in Israel, they are normal people doing normal things…….. 😒
Protest votes did not help one single person in Palestine.
a mind set,
so of course friendship needs a good degree of alignment
Israel is. Whether you agree with or even understand the Ottoman, British and Israeli history, it exists. Millions voluntarily left or were forced from their homes - we don’t debate a right of return for Jews raped, murdered or evicted from Lebanon.
There could have been peace decades ago. Egypt has peace with Israel. They don’t want Gaza back and Israel left in 2005.
Israel is one small stretch of land that was taken from Jews long ago when it was sand.
Let’s stop with the narrative this is the only questionable