Agreed, these people are so retarded that they are waving Palestinian + Gay Pride flags. I would be surprised if the majority of them could look at an unlabeled map and correctly identify which is Gaza and which is the West Bank.
@Maori Kiwifruit Growers, I’m in a rural part of America and as far as I’ve seen people here don’t really care. This town doesn’t have enough people with extreme opinions for it to be a heated situation.
Most of the people I’ve really spoken to about this are my family, all of whom are Israeli Jews. As far as I can remember we’ve generally been idealistic “two-state solution” types, but at this point it’s become clear that it’s us or them. For decades, Israel has tried again and again to make peace, but the Palestinians, especially Hamas, have consistently sent the message that they will not compromise and intend to fight us to the death. Many Israelis are finally realizing that TPD or TJD are the only ways out of this mess, and we obviously prefer TPD. Hamas wanted a war and they’re getting a war. We’re out of sympathy for them and Gaza is out of chances to prove it can function as a civilized political entity. IMO, if the Gaza Strip sank into the ocean Atlantis-style, it would be a net-positive for humanity.
Several of my relatives are also concerned about how the Arab-Israeli population will react. There are many Muslim communities is Israel and on a day-to-day basis, the Muslims, Jews, Christians, etc mainly stay out of each other’s way despite living in pretty close proximity. Every time there’s fighting between Israel and the Palestinian forces, tensions between these different groups rise. At this point Hamas themselves pose little threat to people in Tel Aviv, but there are plenty of unpredictable Arab dudes a few neighborhoods away in Jaffa.
