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I’m Jewish. I’ve seen a lot of antisemitism in my life. I’m now watching Israel destroy what took it and its allies years to build in the Middle East. If anyone is stoking antisemitism it is Israel and its supporters. It’s hard to love a country that has killed 35,000 plus Palestinian civilians in retaliation for the admittedly horrible Hamas attack that killed 1,200 plus Israelis. That’s 70,000+ Palestinian eyes for 2,400+ Israeli eyes. Hardly fair by biblical standards. The well funded repres…

thank you. well said. One can be anti the horrific war in Gaza without being antisemitic. And simultaneously be horrified by what Hamas did on Oct. 7th. The right's portrayal of this as binary - If you're anti-the-war you must also be antisemitic / if you are pro-Israel you must be in favor of killing Palestinians - is ridiculous and shallow and clouds the deeper, more complicated history and makes it easier for people to yell at each other and feel self-righteous.

Absolutely. And what does violence do but incite further violence. When does that stop?

May 14 will be the 76th anniversary of the founding of Israel. Marking the beginning of this conflict. Israel will have to learn the lesson we did in Viet Nam: bombing innocent people does not eliminate any threat, nor bring peace. It only provides another generation of enemies.

There is NO parallel between the Vietnam war and Israel defending itself, day after day, year after year, for 76 years.

In the fifty years since the end of the US war in Vietnam, relations have been somewhat normalized, to the point that there are no travel restrictions for US citizens to Vietnam. Will there be normal relations between Israel and other nations fifty years hence?