Hacker News is not a battleground for ideological warfare, and we ban accounts that were created to behave as though it is. We also ban the main account if it continues, so please stop.

Meanwhile similar comments criticizing Trump on ideological grounds are fine...

people are allowed to have political positions. what got banned there was a gimmick/troll account.

Criticizing Trump = 'people are allowed to have political positions;' criticizing Israel = 'people should get banned for gimmick/troll accounts.'

I don't have some opinion about Israel in which it is one of the worst countries in the world; they have clearly done good for their own people and for others, and have a vibrant economy and technology. However, just as our ability to criticize our own government, or governments in Europe or Asia, increases well-being for citizens of the world, so too should we be allowed to criticize Israel. Nobody is perfect and equating any criticism with thought crimes needs to stop.

the account that was banned was literally hours old and existed for no other purpose than to make controversial, instigatory remarks.