To think that this really can't be true about young people's thoughts about Israel?

State schools don’t study IGCSEs.

The BBC is not the syllabus
Maybe not a whole module but GCSE history allows the school to pick the modules so some are likely to have covered it in part over several modules

See above. Tut, tut, engaging in Ad Hominems already.

They don't see Palestinians as humans, or that they see Hamas and other terrorists as animals?If someone has said that they don't consider Palestinians as humans then that is quite clearly wrong and should be condemned by everyone. The latter, which is all I've seen, doesn't require condemnation.

ODFOD Its Pearson Edexcel iGCSE (9-1) if you must be a twat about it

https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/International%20GCSE/History/2017/specification-and-sample-assessments/int-gcse-history-specification.pdf

Edexcel. Here you go:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/examspecs/zw4bv4j

There's no module there for that.

as if the 7th October happened in some sort of vacuum!

This, to me, comes perilously close to apologism for what was done on 7 October.

Cite evidence. 🤷‍♂️

I cited all the History GCSE boards. 🤦‍♂️

I absolutely agree with you, as if the 7th October happened in some sort of vacuum! Mumsnet is rapidly pro-Israel though and they don't want to hear the other side, and if you try to put it, your antisemitic.

And then their casual dismissal of this being a folly for young people, how bloody arrogant do you have to be. I'm 44 and have done plenty of research, and absolutely clear that at the very least there is a collective punishment of a civilian population going on.

So many of the extreme right wing Israeli government have made clear, publicly that they don't see Palestinians as humans ... where is the condemnation of that?!

Sorry but that is completely incorrect. My children both sat the exams. One only last year!

https://www.pearson.com/content/dam/one-dot-com/one-dot-com/international-schools/pdfs/secondary-curriculum/international-gcse/history/International-GCSE-History-Middle-East-Conflict-Crisis-Change-Student-Book-sample.pdf

My kids do know the history and 3 out of 4 don’t think Isreal should ever have been founded in 1948.

You surely MUST know we can check the GCSE History course modules and topics covered in England, Wales and Northern Ireland?!

Here are the various exam boards:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zj26n39

As you can see, the Arab/Palestinian-Israeli conflicts pre and post 1948 is NOT covered in GCSE History.

Sure, the WW2 Nazi era is, especially the Holocaust which may well have a very, very short, limited reference to the fact Jewish people in Europe left for the State of Israel post 1945.

And there's a section on the expulsion of Jewish people from England in 1290 (not covered in Northern Ireland!).

But absolutely nothing in any kind of depth regarding the Arab Palestinian- Israeli conflict from 20th to 21st Century.

It's not a whole module and young people actually aren't as well informed as you think. The fact you're using your own kids as examples here says it all - Anecdotal Fallacy.

That isn’t what that poster said.

Read again…

It's possible it's true. It's along the same vein as those who mindlessly hold signs and chant 'from the river to the sea' at protests without actually understanding what the phrase means.

I believe it. The fact that posters such as @itsgettingweird can say that their 19 year old doesn’t believe Israel should exist as if that’s an acceptable view to have says it all.

What are the white and green bits meant to represent?

It would be really interesting to see the data on ethnicity and religion of those that believe Isreal shouldn’t exist. There is a very high anti Isreal feeling amongst those in the muslim community where I stay, but they are the only community here that feel that way (and even then it’s more the younger and elderly members of the community with those viewpoints, most adults I’ve spoken to about this don’t hold the same feelings but tend towards feeling despondent and helpless to what a resolution should be).

Israel are not doing themselves any favours.

Their response to Hamas is akin to the UK bombing Ireland because of IRA terrorism in the 70's, 80's 90's. The UK didnt respond like that because it would have been abhorrent. Israels response to Hamas by bombing the most densely populated area in the world is abhorrent. Noone is denying they have a right to respond but they have a responsibility to do that without carnage to innocents. And Iran has now suffered a lot of tragedy too.

The state of Israel has only existed since 1948 and look at how occupation has changed to 2012. I'm surprised only 25% of the youth think Israel shouldnt exist. I dont agree btw but I do think Palestine should exist and in a much greater way than today.

In what way does it not make sense?

@FTPM1980 Actually I did, but it didn't make sense so I wanted clarification.

Did you read the full sentence?
Believing Israel (in its current form) should not exist means it should not have been created, which is NOT the same as believing we should get rid of Israel.

But believing is should not exist is not the same as believing we should get rid of it now it does,

But how would getting "rid" of it look to you? @FTPM1980

Kids get their news from social media now and aren't interested in sitting down to watch the news, and they're exposed to way more news than we were as teens. Unfortunately the news they're consuming is infused with bias and propaganda with a side helping of conspiracy theory. It's really, really difficult to cut through that when they're being bombarded with so many stories online that run counter to what you try to tell them.

I tend to agree it should not exist as it does.
It was a mistake to create such a state although I know the reasons why....unfortunately actions such as this rarely solve anything and just compound problems that are many centuries in the making

And the Israeli government have treated Palestinians terribly over many decades.

But believing is should not exist is not the same as believing we should get rid of it now it does, just as with northern Ireland there is no solution that will satisfy everyone. But we can acknowledge mistakes were made that have created the situation we have now.

This is not a new opinion due to 'propaganda' it's one I have held for a long time from reading sources on all sides...even pro Israeli sources don't make me sympathic towards Israel tbh.

Don’t be silly.