This is a subject that has been beaten to death. Not only are there dozens of vocals groups that go on to college campuses, city streets, etc. in the name of Palestine (harassing and threatening Jewish students along the way), but there is the BDS movement that attempts to cripple the Israeli economy.
I know, I've seen the news and documentaries on this kind'a stuff. It's not just stupid, it's dangerous and blatantly anti-Semitic.
Got proof about people out to cripple the economy though?
And what about the other side where Extreme Christians are doing all they can to fund Israeli expansion to bring in Revelations?
Try walking down cities in Europe with traditional Jewish orthodox clothing. You run the risk of being beaten in the streets.
I know.
You know what else? Orthodox Jews are like Extremist Christians and Extremist Muslims... they are pro Jewish and anti everything/everyone else and if you don't follow their version of their religion, you're not Jewish.
Yet there are perhaps hundreds of oppressed groups in the World. Why not East Timor? Tibet? Hong Kong? Chechnya? The Indigenous people in South America?
There are, and so many others too like the Uyghurs in China.
Piling on Israel is the cowardly and lazy way out. Have some guts and pick a cause that people are not familiar with.
Look at this chart:
https://ourworldindata.org/human-rights
The higher the score, the more human rights violations a nation has:
2014 score
Canada 2.1
USA 3.5
Russia 8.7
China 9.1
Saudi Arabia 8.8
Israel 7.1
South Sudan 9.9
Congo 10.0
Indonesia 6.2
India 5.6
Syria 9.9
Egypt 9.7
Jordan 7.3
Iraq 8.7
Iran 9.3
So... because I keep to the topic of Israel in an Israel based thread, that *obviously* means I don't have any opinions, especially negative, against other nations that are worse?
Riiiight.
You want my opinion on these other places, put up a thread on em. Or just ask.
Until then, I'll stick to making comments about how Palestine and Israel are both effin' terrible to each other, neither side wants peace and Israel has no right to claim that they're oh so put upon after how they treat people in Palestine over the last few years.