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Consider me a politically ignorant folk who has heard Israel = Good his whole life, thought it was silly when recently people started hating on Israel, and has heard it long enough that he's wondering what he's been ignoring.

With that introduction, is there a quick sum up somewhere to get someone like me to understand why there's so much division on this topic? All I really know is that in the most recent stuff with Gaza, people think that Israel's actions are too much, but I would be lying if I claimed to know what any of those Middle East scurmishes are about.

by slowin1 hours ago|

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This is a good starting point:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakba

by ethanpil46 minutes ago|

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Not a great starting point if you seek objectivity.

https://www.piratewires.com/p/how-wikipedia-s-pro-hamas-edit...

by bdhe52 minutes ago|

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I gotta be honest, given the LLMs we have today, it takes less words to get a list of references and context to read than it takes to type out your comment.

If you're genuinely curious about why people's views on Israel have shifted you could've got yourself excellent information with a simple prompt as such:

"Give me a brief neutral summary backed with reliable sources on the state of tensions in the Middle East today and the role played by Israel and other states. Help me understand why people's views on Israel have shifted so much since the start of the war in Gaza?"

by _factor43 minutes ago|

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Note the Israeli training data scandal to influence AI responses. AI is not reliable for this purpose.

by johnnyanmac29 minutes ago|

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Keeping the other response in mind: I cannot think of a worse idea than to rely on black box tech for output on your political opinions. That on its surface simply feels like a top 3 dystopia cliche that I hope we avoid.