NFL fans that want to be on the side that's winning root for the Packers or the Patriots. People in the Middle-east who want to be on the winning side would root for the Israelis who have longer winning streaks than either the Packers of the Patriots.
The only legitimate reason otherwise peaceful Arabs might feign support for killing Israelis is that they fear that their brothers might kill them if they don't.
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There is that. There’s also the fact that Arabs tend to be moral chameleons. It is the fatalism. When Israel wins, they will suddenly become very “peaceful,” if you can call it that. When Israel starts backpedaling, they smell blood in the water and become sharks. Are they easy people to live with, given these parameters? No. But they are also our cousins; you know, the one you can’t turn your back on if he’s holding something sharp, and his dad doesn’t stray far, just in case he’s needed to restrain him. Be that as it is, we have to deal with them, and not fool ourselves. Genocide is not an option, either morally or physically. Neither is ‘land for piece,’ ‘two-state solution,’ or any of these other failed formulas.