It is not hard to misunderstand what on earth is happening between Israel and Palestine at this time.(see here for example).
To the very distant outsider it seems like the militarily strong Israel is pummeling the neophyte nation who have few real resources and who are extraordinarily disgruntled about almost everything. Their tactics (the Palestinians) are often reprehensible and it would be a mistake to paint them as "more sinned against than sinning".
But this does not alter the fact that the Israelis chief paranoia at being surrounded by people who hate them too often manifests itself in what looks like bully boy tactics. Blowiong the crap out of eveything that moves.
Its big brother Sam (your and my uncle) stands by and makes sure that no one criticises them too much....what was the catchcry of the moratoriums of the 70s...silence is consent.
I have left more than one group because too often Jewish members self-righteously lecture people about how hard done by they are. In the face of the suffering they inflict and the tactics they employ this is hard to take.
God when will this all end? (a genuine prayer)
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Its interesting to note that militant jewish groups employed terror tactics against their former british masters well before the palestinians had adopted them.
the palestianians did too, to be fair!
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