When I look at Israel, the united states, Russia, or any number of other incredibly violent, colonizing, militarized shit shows of countries, I don't limit my observations to the histories, cultures, political systems, etc. that specifically reflect those countries.
I don't think the larger pattern is an Israeli, usian, or a Russian problem.
I see living breathing specters of collective horror which represent the failings of our species in super-concentrated forms.
It's not like the mindless march to war, to group violence, to inter-group hatred, to genocide, etc. is a new phenomenon.
Our species has been doing this shit largely since we've had a species and there have been enough of us to gather together in large groups to slaughter each other.
And those weirdos like me, and the people in the anti-war demos across the country, are ALWAYS portrayed as the people with the problems.
We're portrayed as cowards, as effeminate losers, as anti-american, as antisemetic, as communists, as terrorist sympathizers, as traitors, and as supporters of "the other side" whomever the "other side" might be in the moment.
The people who oppose mass violence, who oppose war, who oppose mass slaughter, rape, and pillaging are ALWAYS portrayed as a mass of unhinged evil who oppose the forces of good.