Veterans of these interactions share how to get through it.
Amal, a 30-year-old young professional living in Brooklyn, says she usually hates social media, and posting anything about her personal life gives her anxiety. But after the latest spike in violence in Israel and Palestine, she began posting again, and posting often.
She got some pretty immediate feedback on her posts from a friend she made years ago, an Israeli national. “A lot of ‘empathy’ here, except absolutely zero empathy for 1300 Jews who got butchered in their homes completely randomly,” one comment said. “Doesn’t matter what we do, Jews are the devil. Thanks for clarifying,” said another.
Or at least, she tried to do that. After a few days of this, and feeling like the entire friendship was derailed, she quietly unfollowed him and cut ties.This kind of tension—and these kinds of difficulties within friendships between people who have very different perspectives on the conflict—has been combusting over the course of the past two weeks. People I’ve talked with on either side of this conflict have told me they feel particularly sensitive right now.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Use of force 'not a way' to resolve Israeli-Palestinian conflict: ChinaChina has upheld a positive relationship with Israel, while consistently advocating for the Palestinian cause and historically supporting a two-state resolution.
Read more »
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The people, places and terms to knowThe conflict is complex and multilayer and carries its own lexicon of terms and meanings.
Read more »
Live blog: Palestinian death toll in Gaza swells amid Israeli bombardmentBorder crossing between Egypt and Gaza opens to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into besieged Palestinian territory as Israel continues to rain bombs on Gaza on 16th day of the war.
Read more »
French Intelligence Finds Gaza Hospital Was Likely Struck by Palestinian Rocket, No Evidence For Israeli StrikeSource of breaking news and analysis, insightful commentary and original reporting, curated and written specifically for the new generation of independent and conservative thinkers.
Read more »
Live blog: Palestinian PM calls for 'united front' against Israeli attacksBorder crossing between Egypt and Palestine's Gaza opens to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into besieged Palestinian territory as Israel continues to rain bombs on Gaza on 16th day of the offensive.
Read more »
WATCH — Kibbutz Be’eri: A Monument to Palestinian Terror and Israeli HeroismSource of breaking news and analysis, insightful commentary and original reporting, curated and written specifically for the new generation of independent and conservative thinkers.
Read more »