Comment by sa501428

1 month ago

Why is it surprising?

Fwiw my Jewish friends have also been quite vocal in opposing Netanyahu/Likud, usually more vocal than Muslim friends.

I think it’s surprising because Israelis are very loud in their support for Netanyahu. Yeah, there are protests but it polling suggests that the overwhelming majority of Israelis support Netanyahu.

  • No they are not. It’s like 20%

    • Comments like that reminds of people asserting blanket statements like: majority of Iranians support the regime and hate Jews!

      Like do people not realize Iranian Jews also exist?

      Anyway I digress..

    • Over 60% of Israelis believe there is nobody innocent in Gaza. That’s like the core operating principle of the Netanyahu-Smotrich-Ben Gvir government. The Israeli street is thoroughly behind the Genocide and the polling has been showing this for over a year.

My gut assumption is that people will default to tribalism, but that has proven to be wrong over the past few years.