I had to cut ties with my cousin over Israel.
It is quite alarming that over the last few months my cousin went from not giving a shit about the Israel-Palestinian conflict to being a full fledged member of the Israel department of propaganda, despite being raised Christian - almost as someone has been "programming her".
Honestly I didn't know much about Israel itself, but the more I read about them, from completely unbiased sources, I feel very strongly that Israel is not a good country.
They accuse Palestine of so many things, but if you read about it in depth, 99.9% of the things that Israel accuses them off, are solely claimed by Israel itself.
The Nazis accused the Jews of so many terrible things during WWII, and you would also believe them - IF you only got your intel from the Nazis themselves.
But when you gather your intel from many sources and see that most countries/groups/etc are claiming maybe a fraction of a fraction of a percent of wrong-doing by the Palestinians, you quite quickly see that Israel is completely full of shit.
She thinks Israel is literally 100% Jewish. Even when I show her population demographics that only 80% of Israel are Jewish, the rest Islam practicing Arabians and some Christians, she thinks it's "made up figures".
When I try to explain to her that Israel has been illegally occupying the west bank of Palestine since 1967, she says that "they are entitled to the land".
At that point I've blocked her and stopped talking to her. Her complete 180 on her religion and views of Israel are terrifying to see, and usually when someone changes their views that quickly, they are being manipulated/programmed.
Posted Oct 2, 2025, 7:50 PM UTC