Thanks for this. I agree that Oct 7 is framed as ‘well nobody would do this unprovoked’ -Western sympathisers have to believe, at least to some degree, that Israel provoked, caused, and deserved it. Otherwise, they’d have to ask themselves what kind of monsters would commit such atrocities. And in a largely secular country and culture, most people don’t have the ability to imagine the kind of tribal or religious mindset that does, and throughout history has, allowed people to do this kind of thing.
It’s really important, too, that people understand that there really aren’t that many Jews in the world and that not only do Jews not want to convert you, they make it really hard to convert. This context is so often missing from these conversations.