It's Very Hard to Argue with a Traumatized People

     In recent years I've heard many on the American left begin to, in my opinion, relentlessly criticize the state of Israel and its supporters under the belief that the Palestinians are unfairly occupied. I find this odd, considering that Israel is the only country in the middle east where homosexuality is not illegal, and women are given far more rights than in any other middle eastern country. And furthermore, even though it is technically considered a Jewish state, most Israeli citizens and government officials consider themselves secular. 

      So, it is disturbing to me that many on the left seem to be blindly sympathetic to the cause of the Palestinians, when most likely in Palestine, women, gays and other minorities would be put to death. Lastly, the most annoying thing to me, is that they claim to be opposed to Israel aggressively building on the West Bank. I can't say I totally disagree with them on this, but I can also see why the Israelis would so aggressively protect what was legally given to them. If you've ever been the victim of a physical attack, or home invasion, you know how frightening that is. Now imagine that not just you, but your entire family have been going through this for hundreds of years, in the form of purges and genocides. You can't tell me, that wanted or not, you wouldn't at least buy a gun. In my opinion we are not dealing just with a crisis of land, but an emotionally scarred and, not surprisingly paranoid people. And this is what I don't think anti-Zionist activists understand. It'