I respect what they have been able to achieve given their situation (geographic location, limited resources, small population).

As I said in the beginning, I am completely against the illegal settlements, the blockade of Gaza, and other similar issues. I regard my fellow Palestinians as brothers and sisters. That doesn't mean that I cannot respect what Israel has been able to build.

I misunderstood. my apologies.

It's fine bro, I can see how my words could be misinterpreted.

I as a muslim too respect jews and israelis as a hardworking , intelligent community but that does not mean we need to agree with everything they do as righteous .

I feel the same way. Unfortunately every criticism of Israel is equated with anti-semitism which is ridiculous.

I don't think there is a government that has ever existed that has not made a mistake. As an American, I can proudly criticize specific actions of my government I may disagree with, but I still feel, despite its flaws, generally does relative good for a majority of its people and the world. I feel similar about the Israeli government. Yes, they too, like the American government, and <insert other government here>, have made decisions not so well-received in the past, and likely in the future. But overall, I feel the Israeli government, like the American government, does much more good for its people and in the world than otherwise. Despite how you feel about the Israeli government, I cannot think of another government that takes in wounded people, who may be willing to risk their lives to destroy your very government, and provides medical aid without question.

What do you mean by 'despite how I feel about the Israeli government?

Voting this down doesn't change its reality. I'm voting this up. At least it's honest!