First, me saying it doesn't make it "fine". See the many responses I got from other Israelis, some of them quite angry. I was told I "don't have a country anymore", or "good riddance, don't come back", or that I'm "self-loathing".

Second, I think there's absolutely something fishy about the amount of coverage the Israeli/Palestinian conflict is getting. I sometimes read the words of educated and thoughtful journalist and can't help wonder how come they treat Israel in such a manner when different but also terrible things are done by many other western countries, let alone some of the arab countries.

I'm not backing out of anything I said, I just say the fact Israel is doing terrible things doesn't immediately mean everyone criticising it is doing it from objective level-headed reasons. I don't look very Jewish (maybe quite Arabic actually), and didn't have any significant antisemitic incident in my life I can think of. But I was often surprised with how prejudice laden can some of my conversations with my new European friends be. I'm talking about well educated reasonably well off people here.

Third and last, yes, I agree Jewish past doesn't justify anything Israel is doing today. That said, I'm not really looking to justify or condemn Israel. I have serious moral qualms with Israel, but when choosing between morality and almost-anything-of-value, most people choose the latter. I'm active here because I think Israel's actions are hurting Israel internally (never mind world opinion for a second). I wrote more about that here.