#aging-toward-mildly-reactionary tv-news-addict 92 year old israeli grandmother whose family has lived in israel for hundreds of years

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oof apparently my brother tried to talk to my mom and grandmother about israel-palestine and got like. very Yelled At. and my mom is remorseful and understands that he feels like he can't talk about it with other people but still isn't actually equipped to talk to him about what he wants to talk about (reading between the lines i think he's struggling to understand how his zionist friends justify the bombings but i'm not 100%)

idk if he doesn't want to talk about it with me because i'm too much not a zionist but i texted him to let him know i can guarantee i won't get mad at him for anything if he does want to talk. we like each other but nonetheless only interact like once every six months, so who knows, but i hope he reaches out :/

#he did birthright and has some extremely zionist friends #but i think is himself more moderate than that #idk normally i kind of leave the discussions he's in but it's because hes having them with my grandmother over text #which si just not a productive environment for anyone #he's an extreme idealist but sometimes idealism prevents you from noticing that you're probably not going to convince your #aging-toward-mildly-reactionary tv-news-addict 92 year old israeli grandmother whose family has lived in israel for hundreds of years #and who just lost her husband #that she should condemn the longstanding '''''self-defense''''' principles underpinning the state she still considers herself a citizen of #and if you can. you aren't going to do it by text message. #box opener