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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Why do self described members of the 'pro-israel' crowd routinely appeal for a ban on discussion of Israel?
I don't get it.
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I think it's because, and I say this as a previously huge supporter of Israel who went through this process, the behaviour of Israel since the invasion of Lebanon has been pretty reprehensible, reactive no doubt but still reprehensible, and I don't excuse Hamas or Hezbollah's behaviour either, but right now there's nothing to pick between them morally, and I think if you are Jewish, well I know because I have Jewish friends, this is extremely painfull.
Zionism is rooted in a sense of righteousness with a healthy dose of socialism and my Jewish friends, several of whom have left Israel to avoid serving in the IDF, are in a position of trying to defend the actions of a bellicose right wing fundamentalist country, it's a conversation that is painfull for most of them.