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Richard D

(9,375 posts)
Thu May 30, 2024, 01:29 PM May 2024

The REAL Reason The World is Obsessed With Israel

Why do so many people march on the streets when Israel is involved in a war to defend its own citizens? Where are all the people marching to decry atrocities in Syria, Chechnya, Afghanistan, or to Uyghur Muslims in China? What is it about Israel, the only Jewish state in the world, and the only democracy in the Middle East, which causes people to be moved to protest in rage? Why is Israel held to a different standard to any other country in the world when trying to defend its own people from heinous acts of terror on its civilian population? And what positives can Jewish people take away from the hatred of them?


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The REAL Reason The World is Obsessed With Israel (Original Post) Richard D May 2024 OP
I think the hate makes Israeli's stronger. jimfields33 May 2024 #1
Why the different standard atreides1 May 2024 #2
That's A Line To Watch Pressing, Sir The Magistrate May 2024 #4
I am going to remind you (or make you aware), this is the JEWISH GROUP, not the main forums. Behind the Aegis May 2024 #5
Because there are highly organized young activists, marybourg May 2024 #3
The outside agitator theory is just bullshit. erodriguez Jun 2024 #12
I am going to remind you (or make you aware), this is the JEWISH GROUP, not the main forums. Behind the Aegis Jun 2024 #13
Thank you for posting. madaboutharry May 2024 #6
Post # 3 is interesting. northern light May 2024 #7
It's their goal to expand so that they marybourg May 2024 #9
They are not at all subtle. Richard D May 2024 #10
This is the JEWISH GROUP; it is NOT the main forums. Behind the Aegis May 2024 #11
Because we are heavily involved. SarahD May 2024 #8

jimfields33

(19,131 posts)
1. I think the hate makes Israeli's stronger.
Thu May 30, 2024, 01:39 PM
May 2024

They’ve been threw hell since 1940’s. Can you imagine living during the life of hitler? Please, a bunch of protesters are not even near the hell they've been though. I feel for them big time. They should be hugged and cherished from the horrors they’ve survived.

atreides1

(16,393 posts)
2. Why the different standard
Thu May 30, 2024, 01:41 PM
May 2024

None of those countries claim to be moral or a democracy...maybe it's because people expect Israel not to act like those other countries!

I don't hate Israel, I don't hate the Jewish people...I just believe hypocrites should be called out!

The Magistrate

(96,043 posts)
4. That's A Line To Watch Pressing, Sir
Thu May 30, 2024, 01:51 PM
May 2024

It boils down to saying Israel's Jews are better people than anyone else, that good behavior can't be expected from the likes of Syrians or Russians or Chinese, or Iranians, or Sudanese, or what have you, let alone from militant bodies like Hamas crusading against Israel's Jews, but Israel's Jews, well, they're capable of better behavior....


Behind the Aegis

(54,880 posts)
5. I am going to remind you (or make you aware), this is the JEWISH GROUP, not the main forums.
Thu May 30, 2024, 01:55 PM
May 2024

Keep that in mind should you decide to carry on with your commenting.

marybourg

(13,193 posts)
3. Because there are highly organized young activists,
Thu May 30, 2024, 01:51 PM
May 2024

who have emigrated from the Middle East with the express purpose of enlisting American and European sympathy in their goal of expanding Palestine. They have learned to stir the pot of American politics by cultivating people of color, who identify with them, and the gullible far left, who automatically identify with any apparent underdog, right or wrong.

erodriguez

(731 posts)
12. The outside agitator theory is just bullshit.
Sun Jun 2, 2024, 07:02 AM
Jun 2024

There are plenty of born and raised Americans of color that see what is happening in Israel and Palestine and want it ended.

Their own experiences of racism in the US helps them understand how innocent people can be scapegoated because of their ethnicity.

One big reason for the animus of the Israeli government and the war is that our government is funding it. If the US wasn't Israel's big brother ally, this war would get as much coverage and attention as the genocide in Darfur and Syria.

Behind the Aegis

(54,880 posts)
13. I am going to remind you (or make you aware), this is the JEWISH GROUP, not the main forums.
Sun Jun 2, 2024, 01:58 PM
Jun 2024

This very carefully before proceeding in the JEWISH GROUP with your comments. I also suggest you read:

SFUSD finds anti-Israel org AROC entered school campuses before walkout for Gaza

This is but one of many stories out there, so I suggest you look harder or choose not to ignore that not all of the protests were organic, nor based on your theory.


marybourg

(13,193 posts)
9. It's their goal to expand so that they
Thu May 30, 2024, 02:22 PM
May 2024

occupy the entire area “from the (Jordan) river to the (Mediterranean) sea”. They chant that. That would mean no Israel.

Behind the Aegis

(54,880 posts)
11. This is the JEWISH GROUP; it is NOT the main forums.
Fri May 31, 2024, 02:49 AM
May 2024
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SarahD

(1,732 posts)
8. Because we are heavily involved.
Thu May 30, 2024, 02:18 PM
May 2024

We are invested in the region and we rely on Israel to be our buddy in that part of the world. We have large Jewish and Muslim communities here, and both exert political influence. We regard many of our problems as related to our support of Israel or its adversaries, or both.

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