There's many Palestinians in Israeli territory right now. If they were willing to compromise, they wouldn't be brutalizing them weekly, gassing them in places of prayer and stripping away their rights.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

One of my best friends has a whole bunch of Israeli cousins that I'm friendly with when they've visited the states. According to them, a lot of Israeli people have a lot of Palestinian friends and vice versa, especially the younger generations, it's primarily the Israeli government and Hamas that keep this shit going. Most of the average people don't take issue with each other outside of extremists and nationalists on either side, they'd rather just all get along. They say the issue tends to lie with governing authority over holy sites, that Israel is trying to be the big kid on the block in the region, and the Palestinians just want to live in peace with equal rights and to not be treated as substandard citizens on their own land and are rightfully pissed that they keep getting pushed around.

[–] matcha_addict@lemy.lol 12 points 11 months ago

Of course, the issue is the Israeli state, not the Jewish people. There are even organizations in Israel fighting for Palestinian rights and against the Israeli state (and many get punished for it).

But unfortunately there are also many who support what is being done to Palestinians. But in the end, the Israeli state and military are the main entities to blame.