Hamas are the bad guys in this. Full stop.

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75. There aren't any valid reasons to "hate the Jews".

Historically, Jewish people have been maligned because of the spread of Christianity brought with it the "blood libel" which falsely stated that Jewish people killed Christian babies for a ritual including bathing in or drinking their blood. Jews were blamed for killing Jesus Christ as well. During the prominence of the Christian Church, some Jewish families were able to become somewhat rich and powerful through banking and becoming merchants because Christians had laws against "Usery" or lending with interest. Many Christian leaders had Jewish people handling the finances to get around those laws, but resented the power that came with the job, so they would regularly expel Jews from the country or kill them with Pogroms. Jewish people tended to live in communities and adhere to their own customs, in response to the targeting, which just made them more of a target by "leaders" who were paranoid about subjects living within their rule who were not 100% subjugated.

Many historical factors (and many many falsehoods) painted targets on Jewish people for persecution.

I personally think that the Israeli Government has done a lot of harm to the Palestinian people and of course there is historical animosity between the groups since the creation of the State of Israel.

I think that what Hamas did is horrific, and has no justification. I think that some people are equating Hamas' attacks with the suffering and conditions in Palestine. Like I said, the ultra-conservative governments in Israel over the last few decades have certainly helped to create conditions of suffering for the Palestinian people, but that doesn't justify Hamas attacking civilians and taking hostages.

Some people have a deep seeded and irrational hatred of Jewish people which is likely driving their views on this situation.