(Jewish Group) Being a Jew at a notoriously anti-Israel college is exhausting

[Behind the Aegis]

2. And the truth is...

...I have experienced is that any criticism of Palestine is automatically labelled Islamophobic by pro-Palestine groups.

The article is not trying to paint anyone who is critical of Israel as being pro-Palestinian.

In my opinion, the conflict is often oversimplified into either pro-Israel or pro-Palestine, with people (like myself) who fall in the middle being rejected by supporters on both sides. Even among the Jewish community on campus, Jewish students who acknowledge that Israel doesn’t always do the right thing are often ostracized by other Jewish students. They argue that Israel has enough outside criticism and doesn’t need internal criticism as well.

I believe internal criticism is exactly what both sides need. Compromise cannot exist without people admitting some flaw and attempting to see the situation from the opposite point of view. I try to understand the pro-Palestine argument of people fighting for their freedom, and I would hope people on that side would try to understand that Israel is fighting to defend itself.

Your statement is the true strawman.