Israel are going to start WWIII

Lads you can be critical of Israel without reflexively making excuses for Russia.

They're both colonial regimes run by sociopaths who think nothing of slaughtering civilians while gas-lighting the world that they are in fact peaceful.

Israel have said that the hostages are a secondary consideration. Their primary aim is the destruction of Hamas. That's the reason the hostage families are still protesting. Or are you saying they're lying?

At this point Israel have probably killed more hostages than they've rescued.

This is why no-one takes accusations of antisemitism seriously. We don't hate jewish people. I personally have nothing against them at all. I do however want Israel to completely withdraw from the occupied territories. I want them to recognise a Palestinian state and to dismantle all the settlements.

Tell me, is that antisemitic? What part of that is hating jews?

Yes it's such a weird and childish accusation. The fact is that most Irish people have probably never even met any Jewish people. There are hardly any in this country. To say that we have some in-built hatred of them is bizarre and self evidently a weak attempt at deflection against valid criticisms of the actions of the state of Israel.

Personally, my only indirect interactions with Jewish people is via the podcasts that I listen to. It turns out that a lot of them feature American Jews. People like Ezra Klein, Ira Glass (This American Life), Johnathan Goldstein (Heavyweight), Jon Lovett (Pod Save America), Nate Silver (Risky Business) and Max Fisher (Offline). I have found these people to be nothing but intelligent, thoughtful and humorous. Not all of them have spoken about what has been going on in the Middle East over the past year but of those that have they have been critical of the Israeli response.

One of the best books that I have read in the last 5 years was Doppelganger by the Canadian, Naomi Klein who also happens to be Jewish. The book is primarily about Disinformation and its proliferation on the internet in the modern era. She does though have an entire chapter on Israel Palestine. She likens the plight of the Palestinians at the hands of the Israelis as being like the dark secret chained away up in the attic of the subconscious of Israelis. Something that they try and hide from the world and pretend to themselves isn't there but ultimately it cannot be eradicated and seeps into their actions in all sorts of ways. That book was released in 2023 prior to October. I haven't seen her reactions to those events but I've just looked at her twitter feed and i think it's safe to say that she hasn't changed her opinion

It has been explained to you many times that civilised states are not entitled to commit war crimes under the pretext of total war. Israel are acting like a pariah state. You would likely be the first to crib if Israelis civilians were going through what Palestinians are going through on a daily basis.

I actually know a few Israelis. I met them backpacking and became friends.

Well, apparently Boards is a cesspool of antisemitism because there's criticism of Israel on it according to one poster here.