Been some very astute and erudite debate on this thread ... but also a lot of nonsense... and some obvious confusion about the differences between racism, nationalism and idealism...
Personally I have no issues with Jewish people ... nor arab people ... I am fundamentally against terrorism, whether it be religious based, or state terrorism... as such, I am absolutely opposed to Netanyahu and the Israeli state warmongers and I will speak out in support of the need for a sovereign Palestinian state for those disposessed by the establishment of modern Israel in 1948, whilst also championing the need for a Jewish homeland... my fervent hope is that the two can exist side by side in that part of the middle-east in my lifetime... but one thing is for sure ... that will not happen whilst Israel continues with its' program of illegal occupation, suppression and settlements in those territories that it has no right, under International Law, to have a presence in ...
Let's be clear, to be disgusted by the ethnic cleansing and slaughter of women and children happening in Gaza right now is not 'rascism' against Jewish people ... there will be plenty of Jewish people that are disgusted by it - not least those who have friends or relatives being held by Hamas in Gaza - the Qataris have revealed that the release of the hostages was all but secured... but then scuppered by the timing of the land invasion ... anybody thinking that it's just unfortunate timing needs to give their head a wobble ... cynical, brutal and calculated - the eradication of Palestinian Gaza is, and always has been, the end game for Netanyahu and Co ...