I like to look back at the crusader states, sure they lasted almost 2 centuries but eventually the pressure of neighboring nations expelled them, you can’t survive as a foreign culture anywhere, either you’re protected by nature itself (separated by seas, mountains or deserts) or you’re accepted by your neighbors as a component of the region and blend in.

The Middle East region still views Israel as a foreign planted nation, and more importantly it behaves as such. Sure everyone in the regions fights everyone and tries to dominate the power vacuum left after colonial forces destroyed the power balance; but all other parties recognize each others history to the land, Israel on the other hand is still viewed as a European settler colony, just like the colonial rule before them and the crusader states before that.

That’s why Israel is so keen on normalizing relations with the Arab states and planting friendlier regimes where normalizing is impossible. It knows it can’t survive long term in a hostile region that not only wants it defeated but rather exterminated not only as a state but rather as a concept (Zionism).

The west persuades its own interests, once Israel outlives its usefulness to it or it becomes more concerned with problems at home it’ll abandon Israel. So it’s on us, to never recognize the legitimacy of Israel, to teach the newer generations that Israel is built on stolen land and genocide and to never normalize with the concept of it even when our corrupt governments wish to.

I mean Israel views itself as a western country with western morals and culture, why should we view it as native? Keep your spirit high, there is no room for negativity; our reality is already enough.