It's important to distinguish the Israeli far right and settler behavior in the west bank with what the majority of Israeli moderates believe.

Frankly I've been arguing this for a long time and it's getting more and more difficult as the political center withers.

There are limits even for those of us with family over there who are deeply committed. It's important for Israelis to wake up.

What I said shouldn't even be controversial. It's sad how many people here are supporting Israel's war crimes and colonization of Palestine. It's a country that was created in 1948 on top of existing people. They continue to commit human rights violations and expansion of territory. The time has come to recognize our own role in this (as a US citizen, my tax dollars are partially responsible) and do something about it.

> It's sad how many people here are supporting Israel's war crimes and colonization of Palestine. It's a country that was created in 1948 on top of existing people. They continue to commit human rights violations and expansion of territory.

I'm sure you know this but Israel was there long before Palestine existed; Israel was colonised by Islamists in the middle ages, it's the Palestinians that are the invaders.

Israel colonized people who have been living on that land for over a thousand years, and they did it in the 20th century with the help of western global powers. Since then they have engaged in ethnic cleansing, illegal annexation of land and war crimes. They are the invaders.