Question about Israel vs Palestine support

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I reckon it is not really an either-or choice of who to side with. And just as one need not be an anti-Semite to be pro-Palestinian, one need not be an Islamophobe or anti-Arab racist to feel a strong affinity with the pro-Israel position. Most folks I talk to about it who do not care for the plight of Palestinians seem to be of that inclination because of their ignorance concerning the conflict itself - not because they believe being ethnically Jewish makes a person innately better than those who are Arab or of Islamic faith. To be fair though, it does not surprise me anymore when an American tells me that Palestinians yearn to purge Israel and Jews from the face of the Earth - lol.

I like the Israelis and Palestinians alike, and only consider myself with the Palestinian "side" since the ideal outcomes I want to see unfold in the Holy Lands require greater compromises from Israel at this point than they do from Palestine. If anybody, my opponents in the conflict are religious fundamentalists and violent extremists in both nations, whose stubborn insistence on taking their dogmatic, superstitious beliefs to harmful lengths is still needlessly complicating the occasional attempts by cooler, more sensible factions to resolve the conflict.