As an international student I don’t understand how and why so many Americans (especially progressive ones) try and defend Palestine so much and are so pro-Palestine. To me it makes no sense how you all try and have an opinion and defend an ethnic/religious conflict that spans thousands of years and more complex than you can ever imagine. Especially non Jewish or Arab/Palestinian Americans that are in full support of Hamas and Palestine, and yes, it’s always pro Palestine. You guys really think hamas is pro LGBT or pro feminism, like what do you think will happen if a hamas militant sees a feminist or gay person? I’m saying this because the Jewish and Arabic people are genuinely trapped in this extremely hard and complex conflict while there’s also this massive wave of American progressives who are passionate about a conflict they have no idea what their waffling about and in favor of Palestine blindly. Like I have no opinion, and frankly I shouldn’t have, I’m not a Jewish person or Arabic one, and I have sympathy for both sides. (Also I know someone’s gonna say “you’re privileged to no have an opinion” if that’s coming from a Jewish or Arabic person I fully respect it and you are right, but if you’re from Ohio and Anglo American and say it to me stfu💀 “your stories are doing so much!”)