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I support protesting, but I really don't understand how these people in other countries expect that their protest is going to sway the Israeli government or Hamas. The war would go on even if we didn't aid Israel.
Not true.
Israel is totally dependent on American and European support, but especially American support.
They are basically the last western apartheid style colony, after the West pulled the plug out of South-Africa and Rhodesia, those regimes imploded.
Which is why I don't think Israel is viable as a state in its current form.
European support is rapidly evaporating and concentrated among older voters. We will probably switch to boycotting them within 20 years.
American support will probably last longer, but is also concentrated among older generations.
How much monetary support does Israel receive compared to how much does it earn from exports? I'm looking up their industries and Israel is into diamond cutting, which carries its own ethical issues