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My personal middle-East troll technique is to refer to people based on the religious beliefs that ultimately define the conflict.

i.e. "Israel bombed the UN school" becomes "Jewish people bombed the UN school". Or "Hamas has built tunnels through which a few fighters popped up and shot people" becomes "Muslim people built tunnels through which a few fighters popped up and shot people".

It nearly works except that Israeli army is not all Jewish--- and 1/4 of the population of Israel are not Jewish. HAMAS is, as a Muslim Brotherhood franchise, a Muslim group. While Phalangists are officially secular they are effectively Christian just as the Kach is Jewish. Within the Arab-Israeli conflict the Christians are somehow caught in the middle. In Lebanon, for example, many groups have been forced to pact with Hezbollah as a counter to the Sunni movements--- witness the plight of Christians in Syria and Iraq. In Israel, Christian Arabs are trapped by the radicalization of their Muslim neighbors. As a response, a number of new movements and alliances have started to emerge. The Bnei Brit HaHadasha is perhaps the most open amonst them. At confererences a number of openly anti-Zionist Arab politicians have confided to me their distaste for the Palestinian narrative. Its not black and white in the Middle East but Clan versus Clan, Tribe versus Tribe and a whole lot of corruption and hands out to the oil rich states to play out their political agenda... Gaza, unfortunately, is a police state so there is no chance to express any dissent... else meet one's death in short order as a Zionist collaborator.. Alone this year nearly 100 have met their end as "collaborators"..