Of course it's a popularity contest ... what do you think the dueling propaganda is all about?
Propaganda = lies. Not interested. More interested in the FACT that Hamas has been indiscriminately raining down missiles and rockets on Israeli civilians for days now. If not for Iron Dome, I can assure you that Israel's response would be considerably more decisive.
Yes, Israel has always counted on the United States.
Israel can't count on the United States right now. They couldn't count on them when Clinton was in office either. Right now, Israel could use an ally that takes a strong stance with them against Hamas aggression. Unfortunately, no such ally exists. The US response has been to lecture them on stopping their attacks on those firing missiles while giving Hamas a free pass.
This is changing and it's being ushered in by the young who don't care about the '67 war or the '73 war --- it just supports their belief that Israel is Goliath.
Like I said, propaganda = lies. I can assure you that Goliath was not an Israeli.
Hell, half these kids don't care about or understand WWII.
The Palestinian understanding of WWII is that Hitler wasn't allowed enough time to finish the job.
Define "everyone involved" --- it sounds like a sand trap. (No pun intended 
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Anyone supporting either side through words or deeds. It includes the US, Iran, Turkey, etc. We'll see where the UAE lands in all of this. Biden reneged on the agreement to sell them F-35s as part of their peace deal with Israel. But at least for now, they are honest in their lack of concern for anyone claiming to be Palestinian. If only the other Arab states were willing to do the same.
If you prefer, call the Palestinians the indigenous people and from all accounts they do not appear eager to be displaced, again.
'Displaced' as they were by the Egyptian, Jordanian, Syrian, and Lebanese armies in 1948 and 1967? And not one of those four countries will give citizenship to a Palestinian. Not one. Compare that to the 1.8 million Arabs with Israeli citizenship.
Remember, these are the people promised "the right of return" more than once.
Promises by whom? Certainly not the Israelis. These people you refer to were promised by the leaders of those armies that their right of return would come after the Jews were all wiped out. Looks to me like they will be waiting a very long time.
They're really not animals @Hoodat
The animals are those who indiscriminately fire missiles and rockets from atop schools and hospitals or place their military network in densely populated civilian areas with zero concern for the health and well being of those civilians.
