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lostnfound

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8. Israelis can be such warm, remarkable people. I do not understand...

Mon Mar 16, 2026, 12:20 PM

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how to reconcile stories like this, and the endlessly hard-headed and unimaginative hostility toward Palestinians, with the tremendously warm and sparkly culture that i had the pleasure of experiencing in the late 1990s.

The Israeli-American i know best (dual citizen) is so delightful, a cheery elderly person with great stories to tell…but the comments i have heard from time to time about news events are beyond cringe-inducing.

Probably there are parallels in American culture too.

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