Commendable. You'll appreciate this Israeli historian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj_HKw-UlUk (summary: https://archive.is/dOP7g). And this Israeli Prof, also an expert on Holocaust studies, being fiercely objective: https://www.mekomit.co.il/ps/134005/ (en: https://archive.is/Fjj6f)
> I had not taken the time to understand the complexities of the Middle East. Even now, I cannot claim to fully comprehend them.
Why even spend 2 comments?
> The contextual depth required to grasp the regrettable necessity of Israeli actions...
The same level of depth as Supremacists who regrettably exterminated non-Aryans?
> There is overwhelming bipartisan support for Israel in one of the world's most divided congresses, and this support stems more from shared values.
This is undeniable, but the underlying "shared values" here are not the ones you'd like us to think: https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/instruments-of-dehuman...
> I stand by my original comment.
Like you say, there's the entire might of the US political and elite class behind you; it isn't some act of courage or rebellion, fwiw.
> As a final note, in my youth, I held views similar to the ones you propagate.
Propagate? Your final note sounds like a threat.
Commendable. You'll appreciate this Israeli historian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj_HKw-UlUk (summary: https://archive.is/dOP7g). And this Israeli Prof, also an expert on Holocaust studies, being fiercely objective: https://www.mekomit.co.il/ps/134005/ (en: https://archive.is/Fjj6f)
> I had not taken the time to understand the complexities of the Middle East. Even now, I cannot claim to fully comprehend them.
Why even spend 2 comments?
> The contextual depth required to grasp the regrettable necessity of Israeli actions...
The same level of depth as Supremacists who regrettably exterminated non-Aryans?
> There is overwhelming bipartisan support for Israel in one of the world's most divided congresses, and this support stems more from shared values.
This is undeniable, but the underlying "shared values" here are not the ones you'd like us to think: https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/instruments-of-dehuman...
> I stand by my original comment.
Like you say, there's the entire might of the US political and elite class behind you; it isn't some act of courage or rebellion, fwiw.
> As a final note, in my youth, I held views similar to the ones you propagate.
Propagate? Your final note sounds like a threat.