What is the Israel thing going on?

_number8_@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 192 points –

seems like the 'safe' public opinion is 'we stand behind israel' and the left opinion is palestinian support

i don't live there i don't have any particular interest or fascination with the region i don't understand any of this pls don't yell at me

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Very comprehensive write up, but i think something a lot of answers miss out on is...well, who was there before the romans? The romans called the area Judaea....land of the Jews. Before the Romans the Seleucid Empire had to deal with several uprisings led by.....the Jews (the maccabean revolt). Its not enirely accurate id say to say the jews just materialised in the region in the 1950s...

The romans called the area Judaea....land of the Jews.

Just a quick correction here. Judaea is actually named after Judah, son of Jacob.

The word 'Jew' comes from the place name Judaea, not the other way around.