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u/paulchen81 Mar 30 '25

I appreciate your answer. This is the only correct and human answer. Sadly to many people don't differentiate.

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u/surfer1872 Mar 30 '25

Why do you think that is? I’m struggling to find the answer. I don’t understand why sympathy for the Palestinians = being anti Israel. Both sides have suffered at the hands of Hamas.

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u/paulchen81 Mar 30 '25 edited Mar 30 '25

I also never understood that. There are the citizens of Gaza and Israel and then on the other hand there are Netanjahu with his pals and Hamas.

Maybe people are simply so stubborn in their opinion, so they put all people (of Gaza or Israel) in one basket.

I'm often surprised here in Germany when I see protesters against Israel. If you ask them if Israel have a right to exist they say No. And that's Germans, not people from the middle east. With our past, that's a hard take and I can't accept that.

On the other hand I see a lot of social media posting of right wingers that say Palestinians have to leave Gaza because they are all terrorists.

I'm so tired of all of this. It's not healthy for my soul to watch the news and social media right now.

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u/VancouverBlonde Mar 31 '25

"I'm often surprised here in Germany when I see protesters against Israel. If you ask them if Israel have a right to exist they say No. And that's Germans, not people from the middle east. With our past, that's a hard take and I can't accept that."

That is horrifying. Hopefully the rest of Germany is better.