To wish those in Israel safety in these coming times

I would have preferred it if you had said you wished those in Iran and Isreal and Palestine to be safe in these times

as it is i find your post rather uncaring

Dont twist things. We saw what you said. You said you cant feel sympathy and you dont wish them safety. You lumped all Israeli citizens together and held them collectively responsible and said you wish them harm. To believe in them suffering for a greater good may make you feel good but it doesnt actually alter that you have no empathy for ordinary Israelis who have suffered a great deal over the years. Just because other people have suffered too doesnt change that. You're almost being honest.

Israel is the aggressor here.

More Iranian than Israeli civilians have died.

This is self-inflicted on Israel's part.

Here's hoping that peace can be reached as soon as possible.

This. It must be terrifying.

Do you believe all those advocating for Gaza have been there?

Not understanding, sorry, Im not assuming anythj g about gazans. Im referring to the people on these threads who say they have no priblem with ordinary Israelis in the face of a very very clear empathy gap for ordinary Israelis. As the nasty poster we are talking about has made clear. Im glad they were honest actually.

If you haven't spent time in Israel how do you know what the general population believe?

There's so much wrong with your posts, but let's just start there.

no one knows how to solve the conflict! are you claiming that you do??

The Israeli citizen who came here posted from her bomb shelter. You post was malicious.

You are now holding all Israelis collectively responsible And directing that at an individual. That is unacceptable.Judging by your attitude I think you actually have no idea what will solve this conflict.

I think about the civilians, especially the children, in Palestine, Iran, Israel, Ukraine, Lebanon, Sudan and so many more daily. It’s tragic that it seems we, the whole world, hasn't learnt from history at all.

War, genocide, indiscriminate bombing, division- people only caring about people that they can relate to (religion, skin colour, ethnicity) and needless deaths continue and anyone that isn’t heartbroken for children everywhere right now isn’t a decent person.

If the US stopped funding it wouldn't survive

The west will always back Israel over terrorists. Iran have always been dodgy and I can’t see many having sympathy for them.

And suddenly since then (presumably without actually living in the Middle East) you’ve managed to go from a neutral position to one of hate for an entire country of people, yet you are condemning people who actually live there for…the same thing?

You get lunatics and extremists in every country. Did you want everyone in Britain to suffer following the riots last summer? What about every single Russian following the invasion of Ukraine? What about the Americans who cheered on the wars following 9/11? Shall we just wipe all of Florida off the map?

Starting a thread hoping people are safe is hardly the same thing as actively wishing harm on people, calling a whole population soulless and demonic and saying that there are no innocent civilians, including presumably children.

This.

and before October 2023 I had no particular views at all of Israelis, except to think that they were caught in a very difficult position

OP puts up a post that only sympathises with one side and posters firmly agree but are then horrified by another poster only sympathising with one side.

I’m not sure it makes sense.

I absolutely hope for the safety of all the ordinary people caught in the conflicts. I especially feel empathy with mothers comforting their children no matter where they are.

Personally I wish everyone could enjoy peace and safety.
It seems strange to single out one country or state.

Last night some Israelis were cheering on and chanting for the village to burn. This was because the Iranian missile struck a area in Israel where some Arabs reside. Jewish Israelis cheering on the death of Arab Israelis.

I don't have much hope for peace when this level of hatred exist.

@mids2019Of course I do. Civilians, particularly women and children, are always the majority of victims in war. What were you expecting people to say?