I’m an(a) Islamophobe here. If they don’t speak out and actively condemn their murdering bretheren, I can’t accept them. Some say I’m narrow-minded. Yep.
Wrong.
Phobias are irrational fears, it is not irrational to fear islam. They are a death cult.
People who follow extreme Islam want to kill me.
People who follow moderate Islam want people who follow extreme Islam to kill me.
Be kind, polite, and have a plan to kill anyone you meet.
Me too.
I wasn't always, but when younger, I knew enough not to make a serious judgment in ignorance. I was well versed in the outline of history, cultures and societies worldwide in the general sense, but lacking detailed specifics, primarily of islam and its history as well as the history of "Zionism."
So I educated myself, reading dozens of books, and other historical references. One of my favorites is the 1771 Encyclopedia Britannica, under Mahometans. One of the items on my bucket list is transcribing that long, educational entry onto a PDF, for wider accessibility. But I digress.
I can't waste time arguing, or even discussing the Israeli-muslim conflict with those whose only frame of reference is the popular press or other forms of relentless muslim propaganda.
I absolutely believe in the one state solution, but not the most popular one. The Brits betrayed their words, as well as their trust, when they established Israel as a minute portion of the original Palestinian Mandate (in its original definition, nothing to do with the "Palestine" invented in 1974.)
Even including all of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the State of Israel, is still about a quarter of the original area defined as the future Jewish homeland, in the Balfour Decklaration.
The reason behind that profound betrayal by the British?
Oil.