Comment by tuyguntn | Hacker News Reader

Comment by tuyguntn | Hacker News Reader

I always wonder why Israel gets so much exceptionally good support from USA. You can't boycott made in Israel product, Israel is always considered as defending (doesn't matter if root cause in specific cases were Israel) even though it has superior military advantage comparing to tiny Palestine, who uses toy like rockets, don't get me wrong, I am making an assumption based on damage their rockets made on the streets of Israel.

Anything related to Zionism, Nazi or some conspiracy theories against Israel is prohibited, but using words like Islamic extremist or Muslim terrorist are fine (even though it hurts another 1B Muslim population). Same applies to what Twitter did to pro-Trump articles/tweets. Not saying Trump is good or bad, but some people had opinion pro-Biden, others pro-Trump, but Biden got unfair advantage when Twitter started censoring pro-Trump articles.

I think this double standard is going to hurt next generations, by silencing alternative ideas/opinions. All opinions should be equal, unless it promotes danger to human life.

can down voters explain where I am wrong, so I can correct my thoughts if they are biased/wrong or hurting some people?

Why I Don't Criticize Israel - Sam Harris

https://samharris.org/podcasts/why-dont-i-criticize-israel/

thanks for article with alternative view! I agree with some parts of it and not with others, but as I said before opinions should not be oppressed/censored if it doesn't promote violence or danger to human life

I didn't downvote you and I won't respond to the main thrust of your comment because I don't have a good response, but I want to point out that those "toy like rockets" killed a man not three kilometers from my home in Tel Aviv today. They're real and serious. The reason that more people don't die is that Israel has strong defensive technology, both in terms of the Iron Dome (anti-missile system that intercepts about 90% of rockets and blows them up mid-air, after which metal debris rains down on the street) and warning sirens (if you're in Tel Aviv and you hear a siren you have 90 seconds [0] to get to a shelter, most buildings and homes are built with fortified air-raid shelters).

Please note that I am aware that the suffering of Israeli citizens under rocket fire pales in comparison to the suffering of Palestinians under Israeli air strikes. I am shaken when I feel/hear rockets exploding nearby, I cannot imagine what it must feel like to have entire buildings around you blown up and reduced to rubble. Unlike Israelis, Gazan civilians are largely defenseless, and I can only imagine how terrifying that must be. So nothing in my comment is meant to belittle their suffering and I'm not trying to score victim points in some ridiculous competition. Just clarifying the misconception that Hamas rockets are toys, give them a little more credit. Their military abilities are not nearly as advanced as Israel's but they're not nothing either.

[0] If you're in Sderot, I believe you have just 15 seconds.

sorry for my ignorance regarding scale of damage causing rockets which I mentioned as "toy rockets". I didn't mean to belittle damage either, I used toy like compared to Israel rockets which are highly accurate and as you mentioned Palestinians have no defense line.

There's a lot going on but the basic reasons are: Evangelical white Christians think the existence of Israel is necessary to bring about the Apocalypse, a thing they want because they go to heaven.

The Israeli right wing wants criticism of Israel to be inseparable from criticism of Jewish people. This means you can't criticize Israel without being painted as anti-Semitic, and to be fair there are a lot ppl who criticize Israel for deeply anti-Semitic reasons.

The deep irony of this is that Israel have an apartheid system that discriminates against many ethnic Semites (such as Palestinians). That and they supply military arms and training for far right groups in South and Central America - include ones with anti-Semite beliefs.

Any source on the support of Israel for biblical reasons?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Zionism

Reply on news.ycombinator.com