Yes, as a person who has supported Israel and will continue to do so, it is very hard to hear that it would in some way prevent me from supporting the Palestines. I support people as people not where they come from or what they identify as. I believe as a Christian I should love everyone as Christ loves. In this particular course, I do appreciate the aspects that were discussed and the perspective of being compassionate toward both sides. It is a very complicated issue but knowing where the root of things started makes all the difference. Within the last few years I have lost friends over my political, faith and personal beliefs so responding to false accusations has been unfortunately a common occurrence. I know that deep down there is a person in search for the truth and with this I would offer a discussion to take place. I don’t think that forcing my opinion or belief helps at all, but asking the right questions and even digging deeper would present an opportunity to consider sides.
