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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am friends with a group from my sons school. We get together once a month for lunch or dinner.

So happens we went out for lunch today for our monthly get together. We are a real mix of personalities. Of the 8 of us, 2 are Jewish the rest are mixed religions. We all never bring up politics or religion as an unspoken rule however today the most outspoken of the bunch came out and blasted Israel for what they are doing. She really unloaded, once she got started, she didn't let up (with encouragement from others). We were all kind of surprised and in shock at first. One of the moms (Jewish) is married to a christian husband and is not religious and was one of the first to agree. Then a few others did too. The other Jewish mom however did not take this well. She started to defend whats going on then abruptly got up and said she had to leave early.

Of all the moms, shes the one I am the least close with but I feel badly for how it went. I want to call her just to see how shes doing because I know it was upsetting to her. Not to say I agree with her at all but shes human and  no doubt felt really outnumbered as the "ringleader" came on really strong. Should I call or leave it alone?[/quote]

I hope you resolved this already but if not -I probably would reach out to the woman just to gently check on her.

I believe we need to try to not let politics damage our personal relationships and mutually supportive group vibes. You may not be that close to her but she is part of a group that you value.

I say that as someone who completely horrified by the starvation and dehumanization of Gaza citizens. The approximate places to register disapproval are with your elected officials, peaceful protests and public forums dedicated to addressing this issue. Faith communities of all kinds are rightfully praying for the Palestinians (and Ukrainians/ other victims of violence and displacement all over the world).

I agree with many PPs that most of us distinguish between IDF and civilian Israelis. Civilian Jewish Americans are even further removed from responsibility for the horror show.

(I believe that) we need to not allow all extremism in the world fracture our personal social connections.

Peace

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^ appropriate not approximate 
Darn auto correct  :D [/quote]

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