This piece was written with the express and sole purpose of changing minds, specifically the minds of those who support the Palestinian side of the current (2025) Israeli Palestinian conflict. I am quite aware that most people belong to the camp of “don’t confuse me with facts, as my mind is already made up” (this is called “confirmation bias,” and it is very common among humans). For those of you who belong to that camp, you can stop reading now as what lies ahead will only upset you. For those of you who believe that you are open minded and are responsive to verifiable facts, history and logic, please read on.
Americans have no problem offering their opinions when they have no facts. Antisemitism is a perfect case in point. Antisemitism is so old there must be some truth to it. There are so few Jews and they don't fight back. Worst case scenario, you say something and he takes offense and you didn't even know he was Jewish. Good people everywhere hurled the charge of "war crimes" at the state of Israel before she even declared statehood.
Herewith, my (biased but factual) responses to (recent) charges made against the state of Israel.
