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Boris Doyle's avatar

"My rule of thumb is this: if you want to be my friend now, I don’t want to think twice if you’ll hide me in your attic if the shit ever really hits the fan."

This says it all.

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Joel G.'s avatar

Very good advice. I too have a hard time being close to anyone who supports what happened on October 7 or makes excuses for it. That really is the proverbial “bridge too far” for me. You’re right though, I do not like to contemplate cutting people out of my life who were important to me, but on that issue, it’s they who made the choice. if they know, I’m very pro Israel and they’re not they should avoid the topic with me, but if they constantly are trying to debate with me, I said to myself, it’s not worth it. Being friends with someone who does not support Israel’s right to exist it is not the same as it say you are a Yankees fan and your friend is a Red Sox fan. You can laugh over the matter, but this is an existential crisis for the Jewish people.

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