Do you think this pro-israel rally is hateful?

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That is all.

Lets keep things balanced here lol.

You were probably not 100% serious here - but that's how it is.
I'm the last one to defend Israel's actions - as an Israeli - but yes, most Israelis always feel the victim. Are they wrong? Of course. Still, it's easy for you to judge. Our people have been through so many disasters and racial abuses, that most Israelis don't trust other nations. It is sad, I know. And I don't agree with this paranoia. I fight it within Israel. But that's how it is, and unless you understand it, you can't argue with Israel supporters. Just as Israel supporters can't argue with Palestine supporters, when they can't see their point of view.

Truth is - everyone's blind to one another. Again, I'm not justifying Israel's actions. I think it was disrespectful for the soldiers themselves, to send them to be lynched with colour rifles, or whatever you call it in English. I'm considered radical in Israel, because I'm an anarchist, and believe everyone should live wherever they want, and that's it. But I understand where this Jewish paranoia comes from, because I live in a Jewish family, and have a Jewish history.

Just as much as Palestinians don't want to kill Jews, but just to live in peace in their land, Israelis don't want to kill Arabs, but are just afraid, because of our history. Yes, politicians deceive the public. But it's easy for you to say this when you live far away, and don't realise what it means to be Jewish. We just expect suffering. It's hard to explain to people from outside, but that's how it is.

And again - I DON'T support Israel's actions. I voted for the only Jewish-Arab party in the Knesset.

I was being hyperbolic but it's something I've observed that some people try to keep in the warm part of the subconscious in Jewish people...like as if it's wanted to be stored fresh for tapping into. "You ARE a victim. They ARE after you. They all HATE you because you're different." It's not all the time, it's not everywhere and I'm fairly certain most Jewish people don't live thinking it...but it's kept there with the right stories and subjects. Kinda like the missing white woman/girl syndrome; which, is always a good way to stir up controversy here against drugs or minorities or the internet. I kinda have to wonder if maybe it fuels the media like horror movies...people watch it because they want to be scared. It sells papers/ad time so it ends up making up more and more of the news and the tone of the news.

It's just hard to feel as sympathetic for that paranoia when the people on the other side are more recently and more often (in recent history) the victim in the social wheel of humanity*.


*Along with blacks who can't seem to catch a break at any time...which is why there's a rich history between Jewish people and black people here, especially in the music business.

The newest spin is that Jews are responsible for Aids, the Global meltdown, natural disasters such as tsunamis (according to Iranian and Pakistani clerics) and, of course, the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

You are just like the generals themselves, playing in a strategy game.