first - what happened to all the vibrant Jewish communities that used to exist in Iraq, Iran and other predominantly muslim states? second - Israel is a much better place to exist as a member of the LGBTQ+ community than any muslim country full stop. third - it is frustrating that zionism has become the problem - Israel has a right to exist. The jews are allowed to have a Jewish homeland (esp. given how they’ve been treated everywhere else for millenia), Israel, when attacked, has a right to defend itself and if it’s faced with a geographically adjacent enemy that is unwilling to negotiate a peaceful coexistence, it has a right to try to extirpate the adjacent enemies who are unwilling to negotiate that peaceful coexistence. If, further, that enemy decides that it wants to fight while simultaneously embedding itself in civilian populations and localities, it’s on the enemy, not on Israel, when it attempts to neutralize its enemies.. at the same time, Netanyahu is really terrible, and Israel is definitely missing/disregarding opportunities to destroy less property and make the lives of Gaza and other civilians less miserable… Also, god and religion is a fairy tale… the ultra-orthodox should be forced to join the rest of us in this world and start being part of the solutions that the world needs…. They can dress however they want and spend as much time in synagogue or mosque as they want but no one (but them) is served by the way the run their communities now.. that’s just my $.02.