Everything has unfortunate connotations in some context. If I wanted I could come up with a number of reasons to feel insulted but that's not my thing.
The nickname of a tool doesn't matter, so minimizing potential conflicts makes sense.
"Those who have reason will have to use it..."
[0] See the explanation at http://www.clisp.org/impnotes/faq.html#faq-menorah-why which starts off with "it's not political" and then provides multiple links to pro-Israeli websites.
Were they lying or something?
Perhaps you think the feminist viewpoint in this case is objectively correct and therefore deserves more consideration. In that case I would counter that the pro-Palestinian viewpoint is objectively correct. But my original argument was neutral on this issue.
[0] A relationship usually asserted to exist by the supporters of Israel, as is the case here.