This was excellently written. Thank you for explaining it all with such eloquence. I had given up responding to people who express uneducated anti-Israel, pro-Palestine sentiments because my emotions were feeling too mashed up with my words.

I am a British Israeli. I have relatives who were directly affected; who were at the peace rave, who lost best friends there, or who are currently in the military. Like your family, none of mine align their political views with the right, and they pray for peace for all daily.