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On Israel

I’ve been hesitant to weigh in on the Israel-Hamas war, not only because I do not believe social media is the right place for news, nuance, or persuasion, but also because I have been here before, and it did not end well.  My freshman year of college, I believed Israel was a malicious and illegitimate occupier and perpetrator of gratuitous crimes against Palestinians. As I became more engaged and heard people I respected disagree, I began to suspect I was missing something and expanded my research; over time, I gradually and painfully changed my mind.  After doing a lot of reading, I now believe Israel is legitimate, does deserve to defend itself, and is caught in a particularly complex and difficult situation that is not explainable in 142-character opinions or passionate one-minute video clips on an Instagram story. And I believe the Jews should have one small strip of a homeland on this Earth, where they can be safe, in perpetuity, to simply live life being who they are, being Jew
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