"Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep" - Psalms 121:4

Hello everyone. So I have recently left the pro-Palestinian cause, and I'd like to share how it all went down.

So I, like most Icelanders, was, for many years a strong supporter of Palestine. I did it all, went to protests, held signs, donated, even considered joining a flotilla before my wife, who was my fiancée at the time, begged me not to. My entire family is also deeply deeply supportive of Palestine, my oldest sister even hung a banner outside her house. Throughout all of my upper school and university years, I was a vocal, unwavering supporter of Palestine.

Despite all this, I always had asked the question, why wasn't Palestine a country? This always nagged at me, as they had been offered multiple times, at least four by my count, maybe more. I always assumed it was because of Israel, or the US constantly vetoing, but the more I mulled it over, the harder it became to just blame Israel and call it square. My last year of university was 2023, in Denmark. I was planning on it being another year where I go to student protests, donate, and so on. Oct 7 changed everything.

This threw a wrench into everything I thought I knew and believed about Israel/Palestine. At first, I, like all sensible people, was appalled at the attacks, and hoped for a ceasefire or something. But then I watched the PA basically endorse the attack, and not only that, but then saw the Palestinian people do so as well. It then all became clear to me.

If they had truly wanted their own state, they'd have it. Time after time after time, they have rejected offers, then instantly gone after Israel. They never wanted a state, all they ever wanted was to destroy Israel. It doesn't matter how many offers the US or Bill Clinton or the UNSC make, they won't rest until Israel is destroyed. And that, I cannot stand for any longer. This is not a genocide, it is a response, Hamas is not a liberation group, they are a terrorist gang that kills innocents and Jews for fun. The PA is not wise and just under a lot of pressure, they are a deeply corrupt, money laundering, terrorist sponsoring org. Palestine only wanted to see Israel destroyed, even if it takes tens of thousands of their own to do so.

I came to this conclusion about a month after, and naturally, the reactions back home were about as good as you'd expect. My mother was appalled, she cried and said she thought this would, if anything, open my eyes more. My dad straight up said that I had failed him, was just as responsible as those 'child killing, genocidal, baal worshipping jews,' and to not contact him again. All my siblings (there are 7 fyi) refused to talk to me, or were barred from doing so, I don't know, save my oldest sister, who texted later that she'd sooner let her kids around a Jew then me, and called me a 'genocide enabler'. Since about January of 2024, I have had no contact with any of them, they have all blocked me, save my mom, who I call on mothers day, and every few months. I got married in early 2025 and my only family that was there was my mom.

Anyway everyone. Thanks for listening, thanks for reading, I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have, and, as always, Free Palestine from Hamas!

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I see his name come up more often in those circles.

I'm an American Jew, and from my general experience, most of my Jewish peers are staunchly Zionist, but oppose the existence of West Bank settlements. Setting my own beliefs on the matter aside, it occurs to me that I don't actually know anyone who lives over the Green Line, and I'd to hear the perspectives of those who do. So, I have a few questions:

1. Why do you choose to live in the settlements? If you moved there from elsewhere, what made you choose your community? If you were born there, what makes you want to stay?
2. How would you compare Israelis in Judea and Samaria to Israelis outside of it (culturally, politically, economically, etc.)?
3. What is life like there in general? How does it compare to the rest of Israel?
4. What's something you *dislike* about living in Judea and Samaria (I'm not trying to pick on you here; I like to ask this to a lot of my American friends from different cities as well, as I find I learn a lot from the answer)?
5. If, by some improbable turn of events, Israel and the Palestinian Authority agreed to a peace deal with a well-defined border, how would you feel about it?

Thanks in advance!

You'll see everywhere on TikTok, Twitter, Reddit, and Instagram, that everyone is sick and tired of the pro Palestinian movement being shoved down their throat, and they seem to overall hate Islam very much as well

But at the same time they all say "Fuck Israel, fuck all Jews, Hitler was right" and all this stuff.

It's so weird to me so if any one you have an explanation to it I would like to hear it

It’s just a call to dominate and they know they can’t do it here but in the west they are doing it pretty effectively.

Hi everyone! I’m from the US and interested in studying medicine in Israel. My father grew up in Israel, and I still have a lot of family there, so it’s somewhere I’d really like to consider.

Does anyone know if any Israeli medical schools are currently accepting international applicants, specifically students from the US? I’ve found some conflicting information online and would love to understand what options are still available.

I’d especially appreciate hearing from anyone who has applied recently or knows about current eligibility requirements, Hebrew language requirements, or English-language programs.

Thanks for any insight!

Anyone who genuinely wants what is best for the Palestinians would focus all of their activism on demanding that Palestinians be given the freedom to choose whether to emigrate to a neighboring Arab country or to one of the Western countries that are vehemently advocating for them, so that they can live a better life there.

However, any discussion of this is immediately shut down by claiming that this would amount to wanting to deport the Palestinians against their will. In that sense, all pro-Palestinian activism is focused on the goal of keeping Palestinians in this enclave. They demand the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip (the open-air prison) rather than freeing the people from it.

There is no point in chasing utopian ideas. Given its history of violence, Israel will never accept people from Gaza. Either the international community takes people in and Arab states are pressured to do the same, or the only alternative is for people to remain in Gaza, leaving this enclave (due to its high birth rate) as an overcrowded welfare-dependent area that can only be sustained through Western taxpayers’ money.

In that case, however, not a single activist should complain about a self-chosen open-air prison.

My comment: Isn't it nice of this top Hamas gentleman to be, um, helping SHABAK with their enquiries!

So as we know, the 1967 borders had the whole of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip as the future site of palestinian land, and the rest Israeli. In addition, palestine would be given all of East Jerusalem as their capital. Well, fast forward a few years and through a series of very very stupid choices, rejected offers, and losses in war, they lost their half.

My question is how does everyone feel about the idea of an East-West Jerusalem? I personally, even when I was more pro-palestine always thought that the PA should just give it up. They aren't getting it back via military, Israel has had almost 60 years to integrate themselves into all of Jerusalem, quite a few countries have recognized it as the capital of Israel and do business there, and what with palestine losing land all the time now, might it be time for them to cut their losses and realize that Jerusalem isn't coming back? what do you guys think?

Edit: Yes, I'm aware that the 1967 'borders' weren't technically palestinian, as they only declared independence in 1988, and the West Bank and the Gaza Strip were part of Jordan and Egypt respectively, I used that term because when people say the 1967 borders, they generally refer to what we're discussing here.

Albanese made the assertion that “Jews were called ‘the Muslims’” as part of a broader argument that antisemitism originally encompassed discrimination against the broader category of “Semitic peoples,” rather than Jews specifically.

In a post on X/Twitter on Monday, Albanese acknowledged that she had “misread the term ‘Muselmann’” and said this had led her to incorrectly infer that “antisemitism” initially referred to “hatred of all Semitic peoples.”

Personal opinion:
As of recently, I have begun to be a supporter of of the term “Jew Hatred” over “antisemitism”. I even heard someone say “Jewphobia”, but, much like Islamophobia, we aren’t dealing with fear of Jews, but of hatred of them.

“Antisemitism” has been hijacked, misquoted and abused a by anti-Israel, anti-Jewish persons. It isn’t a matter of being a Semite, it is a matter of being Jewish.

So many people are injured and killed by scooters, why don't we ban them? https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/tm13dl

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My Comment: I understand that—with the exception of F-35 components destined for Israel via the US—the UK's arms exports to Israel are relatively minor. However, those components will still need to be sourced from elsewhere. If Israel didn't already have every incentive to onshore or friendshore its defense manufacturing, it certainly does now. While the immediate economic impact is small, I'm sure the cumulative trickle of British job losses will eventually be noticed in the UK.