That’s the opposite of what I wrote and meant. You’re pleasuring yourself.

Well over half of the world’s Jews are Zionists. Pretending Israel’s regional enemies don’t hate Jews is obtuse.

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Because it’s revolting? I’m also revolted by the exploitation of Palestinian suffering by the Arab world throughout my lifetime.

People who lived through decades of negotiations aimed at Palestinian self-governance view this differently. People who love/lament both sides aren’t moral monsters.

I find this position morally vapid.

The term applies to the IDF under BiBi *and* to Hamas, was my point. Palestinians have agency, as does the Arab and Muslim world writ large. From my perspective, 10/7 was a suicide bomb strapped to Gaza. They were banking on above-ground Palestinians taking it in the teeth yet again.

I agree. And yet the narrative in which Jews are cast as colonizers, not half the surviving remnant on earth is what vexes me and perhaps HRC also.

trump has basically been robbing a bank in broad daylight, apparently hoping that the brazenness of the act will scare everyone away from sounding the alarm. but if anyone ever says "hey, wait a second!" - well, now he's suddenly just a guy robbing a bank in broad daylight. good luck with that, bozo