re: #693 dragonath

To me, it’s like trying to reach people who are inside a cult. It’s really, really difficult. They’re surrounded by anti-Israel rhetoric, by a distorted view of reality, they’re lied to and cowed and through it all runs religious fanaticism. There is enormous amount of outside influence on the Palestinians. One of the biggest mistakes one can make is thinking this is Palestine vs. Israel. It’s not. It’s basically Iran + nearly the whole Arab world vs. Israel, with those nations using Palestinians as their proxy to harass Israel and keep their own politics stable.