and what has transpired recently is no excuse for the foul language used to describe the Jewish people, most of whom have not participated nor had any influence over what Netanyahu has ordered the IDF to do. This type of hate speech incites people to violence against people who don’t deserve it.
Palestinians have also been inflicting terror on Israel for decades. And just because the UN has redefined genocide to include pretty much any legitimate act of war doesn’t mean a damn thing as far as I’m concerned. The original definition of genocide required an intent to completely annihilate.
I shouldn’t have said also. The acts of the Israeli state have not been terror. The Palestinians have carried out terror attacks repeatedly. But what Israel has been engaged in is something far more subtle and non-violent, but unquestionably damaging - not as overt as in SA, but still apartheid.
Your post supporting Palestine got 7 likes (without offering any information, just stating you’d read the history), while my multiple posts containing facts, which don’t support Palestinians, have totalled 0 likes. People would much rather hate a convenient villain than question their hate. Sad.
People are so biased against Israel without having a clue about what’s gone down in the Southern Levant - clearly victims of Arab propaganda. People actually think Palestinians are “the indigenous people” and that the entire state of Israel is an occupation! No knowledge, just opinions. Propaganda.
How would you feel if you saw a similar picture of all the Israeli children Hezbollah has murdered in their terror attacks? Some of the children being Palestinian, because yes, Palestinians live in Israel too (and I’m not talking about Gaza or the West Bank.
You don’t have to remain ignorant.
Probably very soon
In any case, this is a complex issue between people who share a common ancestor and for thousands of years coexisted relatively peacefully (apart from when they were being invader, in which case they were generally on the same side). Most people don’t realise how recent the animosity between them is