[sickoflibs]

RE :”Hell, I have (Christian) family members in old Blighty, who are now in their eighties, who utterly REFUSE to say the word ‘Israel’. It has always been ‘Palestine’ or ‘Occupied Palestine’.”

That might also have to do with the history of Palestine and the now gone British Empire after WWII, 1945 to 1949.

[the scotsman]

Yes, the actions of the Irgun and Stern gangs 1944-48 are ignored here on FR and by the right in America, or even worse condoned and even celebrated. If the Irgun and Stern had been killing GI’s in 1946, the attitude here would be different.