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Mossfern

(4,782 posts)
Mon Jul 28, 2025, 08:00 PM Jul 2025

They don't

And I don't claim that when people don't speak out against Hamas' atrocities that they support Hamas.
I never ever ever said that people who support Israel need to say that they believe that Israel can do no wrong.
I just haven't come across anyone here who impresses me that they believe that. I don't demand that they "confess."

You are right - I think that supporters of Israel do not need to prove that they don't agree with Israel's actions here on this platform - I don't think we have a 'purity' test here on DU for any stance regarding Israel/Palestine issues. However I have seen that some people here infer that people who support Israel also agree with Netanyahu and Likud's actions and policies unless they publicly denounce them - here. That supporters of Israel are to be judged and need to display that they are indeed "good people", and if they don't recite that act of faith, they support the starvation and genocide of Palestinians.

Ridiculous

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