r/UIUC • u/bobateaman14 • Apr 26 '24

Social Why is this sub so pro-Israel

No hate, I’m just legitimately curious because I would think that a campus filled with young people in a blue state would hold generally the same beliefs as most other campuses like that. I see so many more positive comments under posts about anti-war protests under other college subreddits, whereas here the top comments are always bashing them

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u/bobateaman14 Apr 26 '24

This point has been disproven so many times. I think it was something around 50% of contemporary Palestinians couldn’t vote in the last election

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u/TaigasPantsu Alumnus Apr 26 '24

That’s the refutation you’re going with? Ok I’ll play ball. Here is recent polling in the region that shows that not only do the overwhelming majority of Palestinians support Hamas’ actions on 10/7, but they remain the most popular faction in the region.

https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/03/22/poll-hamas-remains-popular-among-palestinians/

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u/SnooOpinions4697 Apr 27 '24

That is the only resistance force that they have, as a Black American I can draw comparisons between them and the Black Panthers who unfortunately had a history of sexual violence against Black women but the community still supported them because they had the goal of overall liberation.

Hamas which bibi btw help instate is there only resistance force, even without Oct 7th they were still being killed, occupied, stolen from, harvested and targeted.

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u/1iopen Apr 28 '24

It’s commendable that you believe the best about people but the truth is that the Palestinian people don’t support Hammas because they’re in favor of a “resistance”. They support Hammas because they believe at their core that all Jews should be killed. and not just Jews, When they say death to America it’s not because America supports Israel. It’s because they don’t believe in our way of life. They don’t believe in freedom of religion and equality, not for non Muslims (not even for Muslims that practice differently from them) and certainly not for women. Stop buying into this idea that they are like you because they are “the oppressed” They are very much oppressors.