Should the Israel/Christian camp be protected/celebrated/supported while the Palenstine/Muslim camp is vilified/banned/proscribed

I think it's disgusting. You can't ban/block/bar/criminalise one side while not doing the same to the other. It's basically becoming a 'religious war' being waged not in the Middle East but in countries/states/parliaments of many other countries including here in Australia.

It's not supposed to be western countries almost pukeworthy promoting/supporting Israel and Jewish people while legislating against the Palestinian people almost to the point where they don't have a right to exist.

How is that ethical? Even my friends who are some Jewish some Palestinian all hate what's going on. Very few of them take 'hate the other side' points of view. Clearly the two people who shot up the Jewish event at Bondi Beach did, but they were neither my friends nor really the sort of people we want in Australia. Most Jewish and most Muslim people are very peaceful and respectful of each others belief systems.

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WestonTexan · 18-21, M

Of course not, but there's an idea that Israel represents the "West" whereas Palestine represents the "East", making the former more sympathetic. The association is not entirely untrue, since Israel was largely settled by European immigrants. But this leads to a glossing over of Israel's brutality and the reality of its history of displacing and killing Palestinians (while Palestinians are all labeled "terrorists" and are often denigrated for their "fanatical" religion, when much of what Israel does is justified by religion as well).

In either case, Western nations like the US and UK have a vested interest in Israel, so the "powers that be" in these countries are always going to amplify Israel and downplay Palestine, especially when it comes to the discourse surrounding them.