Do the pro-Palestinian American leftists genuinely not know about the suffering caused by jihad (knifings, bombings, etc.), or do they know but choose not to empathize with the Israelis or Americans?
Pro-Palestinian doesn’t have to mean anti-Israeli. It’s not a zero sum game. It’s entirely possible to empathize with both sides and want the best for both.Assuming you mean people who consider themselves anti-Israeli, though, and have no sympathy for Israeli victims of terrorism - in my experience it’s usually one of the following:They don’t recognize Israeli suffering. If a Palestinian is killed while trying to stab an Israeli, they just see a 1–0 death toll, and not the fear and pain of the people targeted in the attack (or the potential deaths, had the attacker not been stopped).They honestly have not heard about most attacks on Israelis. This is mostly true outside America, in countries where the media is tightly controlled, but can also be true in America of people who only follow news sources that match their own political leanings.They believe that they can only be either pro-Palestinian or pro-Israeli. They refuse to recognize Israeli suffering, because they’re afraid that doing so means justifying Palestinian suffering. (this I think is the most significant factor)They are so focused on systems, that they don’t see individuals. Meaning, they see things in terms of “member of weaker group” and “member of more powerful group” and not in terms of “person who is stabbing” and “person being stabbed.” They also believe that terrorism is motivated (exclusively) by systematic oppression, not individual choice, and that systematic racism/oppression is only ever perpetrated by a stronger group against a weaker group.Just my advice: if you want people to convince people like this to sympathize with Israeli victims of terrorism - start by sympathizing with Palestinian suffering. Show them that there’s no contradiction.
Are most of the muslim countries blindly supporting palestinians in Israel-Palestinian conflict?
They are not blindly supporting the Palestinians. They know exactly what they are doing. It is the Muslim world's stated goal to eliminate Israel from the face of the Earth. They don't give a rat's behind about the Palestinians one way or the other, they just hate Israel. It's no more complicated than that.
I'm attracted to this palestinian girl in my class!?
LOL Im PAlestinian!!!!!!=) aren't we very good looking=P um yeah...with our families.. She is muslim because most of us are and she wears a hijab, I don't wear a hijab but when one wears a hijab it often means she is VERY religious. You c we arent allowed to date, like ever. We just get to know a dude for a couple of weeks, get engaged and hitched thats how most Arab (muslim obviously) weddings are like. LIke Im not really religious or forced to wear a headscarf and that is MY way of life...imagine hers...either a) if you love your religion, LEAVE HER ALONE because you will have to convert to be with her, and even if you did convert her parents probably want her to marry an arab (thats how palestinian parents are generally) b) she probably does not like it when dudes flirt on her or anything, so stop and be respectful, especially if she wears a headscarf because she is really pious. Don't think about asking to be her boyfriend because we are not even allowed to date and you can forget about it
Wasn't Baruch Goldstein the first suicide mass-killer in Palestine?
Were there any instances of suicide bombers prior to the Goldstein attack? And weren't the three suicide missions authorized by Islamic Jihad in response to the Goldstein massacre? Were there any suicide bombers/mass-killers prior to that?
Switzerland banned kosher in 1892 to reduce animal suffering. Why's Israel still using kosher slaughter method?
Swiss folks have been always right. Switzerland is one of the cleanest little countries on Earth. Steel Rolex
Why do Muslims in India support the Palestinian state but Hindus support Israel?
Ramesh Kumar gave a very good answer to this question pointing out that the India which you see on social media is not the real world India. I would like to add a few more things-Now not all Muslims support palestine nor all Hindus support Israel. I stay in JNU , and I can say that some of the harshest critiques of Israel are coming from left leaning members of the Hindu community. Israelis killing civilians with impunity ,they are throwing out people from their own homes are the reasons that drive the anti -Israeli sentiment across the world.Speaking in Indian context Indians somehow have a soft corner for Israel as that country had supported her in her wars against China and Pakistan despite the fact that Nehruvian foriegn policy was strongly pro-Arab. On the other hand the Arab world and middle east continued to see India from a religious perspective. Apart from Palestine most of the other arab states took a strong pro-Pakistan stance in Indo-Pak wars on religious grounds despite the fact that they also had close relations with India. India failed to get support from even NAM Arab countries during the 1965 war.That apart, Israel is a shining example of how people condemned to suffer wherever they lived in the history could come up by their sheer efforts, which inspires the educated youngsters here.Also good number of people with whom I have talked with don’t buy the logic of the Palestinians as innocent sufferers and Israel as a devil. Both the Arab and Jewish sides were aggressive and have not shown commitment to peace. You are vilifying the Jewish state after it won the wars and started oppressing the people. I wonder what would have happened if history took the other turn and Israel lost the war. Maybe Jews would have become oppressed people once again. You cannot ignore the terror attacks , rocket launches on their territories, which reminds us of our own experiences with terrorism. So that makes many Indians including a good number of Indian Muslims feel sympathetic to Israelis , but not all support the Israeli atrocities. I don't see much of a communal dimension here