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> Okay you edited.

Yep. Realized the confusion!

> I feel like the majority of anti-jew sentiment is from pro-palestine arab people and adjacent

Most people haven't met an Israeli or traveled to Israel.

Also, most users on HN are Americans or Northern European who overwhelmingly use Reddit, so everyone has some weird fringe mentality about one side or the other.

Honestly, most Israelis and Arabs act the same - I mean most Israelis are Mizrahi and normal/collquial Hebrew is heavily Arabic based (where else will you here people say "Yalla" in every other sentence)

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> Most people haven't met an Israeli or traveled to Israel.

I have travelled to Israel a bunch of times and worked with a lot (proportionately) of Israelis and Jews. I generally really really like working with them, like their attitude and love the vibe of Tel Aviv.

That doesn't mean that I support or agree with their behaviour in Palestine particularly.

Like, I have often hated US foreign policy, but have always been OK with US citizens. The two things are very different.

There are plenty of Arabs elected to the Knesset and they are also plentiful in the Israeli universities.

Ik. I have friends from Haifa, Nazareth, and Beersheba. There isn't an easy way to write Israel, Israeli Arab, Palestinian Arab, and non-Palestinian Arab.

My point is, anyone who isn't Israeli (be they Mizrahi, Ashkenazi, Ethiopian, Arab, Druze, Chechen, etc) or Palestinian should stfu (me included).

You have wackos saying "Israel is a fake state" or "raze Gaza into a parking lot". Yet if you talk to an actual Israeli their opinions are much more prosaic. It's just a complex situation that outsiders shouldn't comment on.

We are on the same page. My mom made Aliyah when she was 50 and I left for college.

> My point is, anyone who isn't Israeli (be they Mizrahi, Ashkenazi, Ethiopian, Arab, Druze, Chechen, etc) or Palestinian should stfu (me included).

On the contrary: for the vast sums of money and military power we contribute to keep the lights on over there, US citizens should have two or three votes each in Israeli elections and free airfare to and lodging in the country. Oh, and access to their quite generous healthcare subsidies as well.

Anti-semetic talking point, nice. From an american too. Wow. I keep seeing this talking point, but the money to Israel is nowhere near to fund healthcare. You are just lashing out like a little rat.

You are so right! Only whites can be racist. As a northern European, how can I ever repent and make you happy?

I will never have an opinion on this conflict again, as I am white. I am so sorry. I will listen and learn while pro palestine people protest here in Sweden and advocate for Israel to be wiped off the map.

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