Oh come on. It's not like Italy has been bombing foreign scientists, sending assassins all around the world, or illegally occupying an entire country for seven decades.

> Hating on Israel specifically is a very cool and woke thing to do. Has been for decades.

Well Israeli has been treating palestinians pretty badly so it's not like it isn't justified.

At least critising Israel for genuine reasons isn't deemed anti-semitic in the latest international standard of the definition, oh wait!

Whataboutisming when people are justifiably calling out an Israeli company (shielded by Israeli courts) for continuing to be the reason why human rights activists and journalists are being jailed or murdered, is a very cool and contrarian thing to do.

Why does this shining light of democracy allow/encourage it's companies to perpetuate authoritarianism for their neighbors? Not a very democracy-loving thing to do.

> Hating on Israel specifically is a very cool and woke thing to do. Has been for decades.

And defenders of Israeli actions using the defense of people 'hating on Israel' instead of reflecting on the fact that people have genuine policy disagreements with what Israel does has been a popular deflection tactic for decades.

You can't divorce what Israel does on a daily basis from its image and then act surprised when it is being criticized.

Who was the last agent of the Italian state to infiltrate a foreign country and bomb and assassinate civilians in broad daylight? Israel did this last month.

I also don't remember Italy bulldozing people's homes while the occupants watch and then turning that land over to their preferred ethnic group, but you know my history isn't so great.