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As cynical as it sounds, backing Israel - rather than Hamas/Palestine - is the path of least political resistance from all perspectives.
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Palestine is recognised by 139 UN member states, but I don't imagine their neighbours actually want them to exist. Their neighbours don't want Israel to exist either, but Israel have been pretty good at defending their existence so far.
Everyone should be able to protect their right to exist, but now its scarily becoming more of a cultural and religious proxy war, with support for Israel from the 'West' vs Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Syria wading in.
Acliff
Trying not to sound all jew-consiracy-soros-is-the-devil, Israel has a large lobby group in most western countries.
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/conservative-friends-israel-lobby-group-free-trips/
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/may/17/pro-israel-lobby-defeat-democrats-palestinians-2022