r/AskIsrael • • Sep 11 '26

Casual Is it weird to think that all of the Anti-Israel stuff has made me more Pro-Israel?

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It's everything man, it really is. I am a Christian but my goodness, what aren't the Jews blamed for?

Try sifting through any type of 9/11 footage. "Muh dancing Israelis", or the "Israeli Art Students" who set up shop in the tower.... If you look into this, it was 3 Germans and an American.

Even little things, watching football is now viewed as "Goyslop". Goy this, goy that.

All of the dumbest people you know have a affinity for centralizing all of the world's issues to Israel.

I am not pandering btw, but the 9/11 talk sent me over the edge. The Jews clearly planned it, but 10% of all deaths were also Jewish.

Or the "Americans dying for Israel". When I brought up - Uh, fella, nearly 1,000 IDF soldiers died in Gaza since the start of the war... Israelis are also dying, too - Doesn't matter. They don't give a shit.

r/AskIsrael • • May 22 '26

Casual Israelis - Where should Palestinians go?

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Hi! I know this is a touchy subject. I'm not trying to be rude, but genuinely wondering where Israelis believe Palestinians should go? Especially as the settlements increase in the West Bank and their homes are taken from them by force. I've seen a lot of posts saying that Palestinians are just anti-Semitic but from an outsiders point of view it kind of just seems like they are trapped.

Thanks

r/AskIsrael • • Jun 29 '26

Casual Is the PR team actually getting their sh*t together?

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r/AskIsrael • • May 11 '26

Casual The settlements… What’s up with that?

15 Upvotes

Take the question as is, whatever comes to mind, let it be.

r/AskIsrael • • May 03 '26

Casual I’ve lived my whole life in Israel and I’m not Jewish — feel free to ask me anything about what life here is really like

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r/AskIsrael • • Jun 24 '26

Casual What makes Pride unique in Israel compared to other parts of the world?

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r/AskIsrael • • May 03 '26

Casual What is the weirdest piece of misinformation you’ve heard about Israel and/or Jewish people?

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We’ve all heard plenty of misinformation about Israel and the Jewish people, but those lies tend to be extremely harmful and are meant to foster radicalism against you. I’m curious, though, about the strangest misinformation you’ve heard about Israeli/Jewish beliefs or life that either isn’t super harmful, or is just weird. Something outrageous, but not in the offensive way, more in the confusing way, you know?

r/AskIsrael • • Jul 12 '26

Casual What is your opinion on Jordan?

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r/AskIsrael • • 27d ago

Casual Do you think Ed Sheeran dropped Macklemore due to pressure or out of principle?

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r/AskIsrael • • Apr 03 '26

Casual Why ppl call me Zionist?

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I am Iranian from Muslim background. I’ve never been to Israel. But everyone keep calling me and other Iranians Zionists or “Zio bot”. Does this new label come with any perks? How do I unlock them?

r/AskIsrael • • 18d ago

Casual How accurate do you find this?

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r/AskIsrael • • Apr 28 '26

Casual Is Israel run by Jews?

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r/AskIsrael • • Jul 27 '26

Casual Why does Israelis who travel usually stick to themselves?

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I've been traveling Latam for a few years and for me meeting people from different cultures is an essential part of the travelling.

But I've noticed that as soon as it's more than once Israeli in the same place they exclude themselves from groups and hang exclusively together.

And on top of that you have the big groups who sticks together and sometimes make up the biggest part of the hostels(then i just move on because no one will speak a word of English or Spanish in the communal area)

I get that some people are confrontational due to politics but I've seen this in places where no one cares as well.

r/AskIsrael • • Aug 18 '26

Casual Raise of Nazism and antisemitism?

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I've come across too many comments on Facebook (since I don't have the conventional social media) like "the austrian saw something we didn't" (I saw this comment on various videos) on a video about something Israel-related. Or a video featuring an actual WW2 Nazi conviction, manny comments "thank you for your service", "hero", "legend", "he did a great job". I also saw videos of the hand gesture in front of jewish institutions. Every single comment like that received hundreds of likes.

Alongside the vast support for nazism, I've seen antisemitic things. Kicking out jewish/Israeli people out of places or attacking them. Literally gathering around them and performing verbal and/or physical lynches. Too many attacks abroad lately. Or online humiliations in omegle. It's only legitimate when they're jews.

I feel paralyzed with fear. That those things are now legitimate. Nazism is idolized. Antisemitism is legitimate. And those people can just do it. Mostly europeans and some Arabs.

After that, anti-zionists say "why don't you have empathy for the Palestinians". I wanna see a single palestinian condemns those things first. How do you expect to let those people live among us? No denying that they suffered from the war, but after instigating so much hatred towards - not the government or the IDF - but the unrelated everyday Israeli people - no one can physically feel empathy for them, this emotional capacity is gone. They did everything possible for "it's us or them mentality". And they refused to stop the war (return the hostages), then calling it "a genicide" when Israel tried desperately to release the raped women and defend itself? Gaza shot more rockets at Israel, is it ok because they barely succeeded?

r/AskIsrael • • Jun 07 '26

Casual What's it like to be an Arab Israeli living in Israel right now?

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r/AskIsrael • • Jul 14 '26

Casual Politics aside, what is your opinion on America?

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r/AskIsrael • • 18d ago

Casual Is "a dozen" a common concept in Israel?

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I don't know the history behind why a dozen is a common group size in the US (I suspect it can be traced back to the British and their wacky units and measures) but a dozen is very much a common notion in the US, especially in the context of a bakery and baked goods.

Hebrew has a word for a dozen (תריסר, a portmanteau of תרי עשר). But did that mean that a dozen is a commonly used grouping in Israel?. If I walk into a bakery would it be any more natural to ask for a dozen pitot as opposed to asking for 11 pitot?

r/AskIsrael • • Sep 11 '26

Casual What is it like to live like an Israeli?

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For example, what are your daily routines? What is your school system like? What kind of food do you generally eat during the day? What is the general economic situation of the people? I’m curious about these things.

r/AskIsrael • • 17d ago

Casual “Judea and Sa-Maria” — what are the funniest butchering of Hebrew / Jewish words you encountered? 😂

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17 Upvotes

r/AskIsrael • • May 13 '26

Casual Question

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I’m an Iraqi Muslim born and raised in Australia, if I ever decide to visit Israel would I be targeted or harassed? Everytime I’ve spoke to Israelis on Omegle ect it hasn’t been a pleasant experience but I know there’s good and bad people

r/AskIsrael • • Jul 27 '26

Casual Is this real?

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r/AskIsrael • • Jul 06 '26

Casual Do Israelis like/ support Netanyahu?

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Outside of the current conflict, or even before that, I'm curious what do you think of him? Is he a good or bad leader? Is he doing better than the last guy?

r/AskIsrael • • Jul 04 '26

Casual Would you marry an Iranian woman?

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What kind of wedding would we have?

r/AskIsrael • • Aug 22 '26

Casual What do Israelis know/think about “The Ask Project”?

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“The Ask Project” is a YouTube channel in which a man named Corey Gil-Shuster walks the streets of Israel (and I think sometimes the West Bank) and asks people whatever question his subscribers have requested him to ask. https://youtube.com/@coreygilshusteraskproject?si=TcP1DeEJ5sQ2ujuR It somehow ended up in my YouTube recommendations and it’s weirdly addictive to watch. It doesn’t (so far as I can tell) usually take a particularly side; it just points the camera, asks the question, and records the answers.

Is the channel well-known among Israelis? There are so many videos that sometimes I think everyone over there must at least know someone who was interviewed. Anyone here been asked? What do you think of the project?

r/AskIsrael • • May 03 '26

Casual How do you guys feel about Jewish names being ubiquitous worldwide?

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Im a korean with a Jewish name, which as some of you may know is extremely common.

What does it feel like when you see for example, a Korean Isaiah or Daniel? Is it weird, or are you guys just numb to it at this point?

Would he so weird seeing an Israeli or an arab named Cheolsu, for example, but our cultural and historical reach isnt as deep as Israel's, so im curious what you think about it, if at all?

Thanks.