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So perhaps a bit of a stupid question, but do we think this represents a bit of a crossing the Rubicon in Western politics?
I'm not particularly invested in what side anyone is on if you think there's sides to be taken (shades of grey etc). We've had Palestinians going door to door murdering Jews, and we've had Jews declaring they want Total Palestinian Death.
The Jews (from anti-zionist British Jews to Zionist Israelis) I've spoken to feel mostly that they're being treated like Israel = Jews and wants to wipe them out and they want to respond accordingly, and anyone who keeps banging on about Palestine hates them, so they must secure the existence for their people and a future for Jewish children.
The Arabs/Muslims (including non-Arab Muslims and atheist gay British Palestinians) I've spoken to feel mostly that they're being treated like Arabs/Muslims = Hamas and Israel wants to wipe them out and they want to respond accordingly, and anyone who sides with Israel hates them, and they must secure the existence for their people and a future for Arab children.
There's notable exceptions on both sides. And it's not quite boiling over right now. But I feel like while Israel/Palestine was always a "hohoho let's not go there" issue, it's increasingly an issue you're supposed to have a stance on? Could just be the circles I mix with and the fact it's London (vs somewhere with no Jews or Muslims) but I feel this sort of "everyone say love" politics that was already dying off a bit is going to collapse the same way the post war consensus did.
(Both mainstream political parties in the UK are not calling for a ceasefire, which has caused much seething, but this better not become a single issue voting dynamic. Had enough of that with Brexit)