Most Americans support Israel against the Palestinians. The Senate issued a unanimous resolution in the last week fully supporting Israel. Even the President has refrained from any real criticism. Americans are more pro-Israel than any country in the world outside Israel (except maybe India). So things are really not that bad here.
But it’s true, there are still a lot of haters. On the far left (left of the Democrats), many people actually support Hamas and PLO suicide attacks. I know some of these people personally, but I can’t talk or email with them about it because I get too worked up. It’s really disgusting and sickening. Some of it, for sure, is due to anti-Semitism.
However, most of it, I think, is caused by these people naively believing the version of the facts (really a bunch of lies and a few half-truths) vigorously asserted by Palestinian nationalists. They really believe that objectively the Palestinians are so cruelly and unjustly oppressed that the rocket fire and suicide attacks are justified. The far left has a psychological tendency to support the “underdog” no matter what, so they only listen to the supposed underdog’s side of the story.
Because they have such a twisted version of reality, there is no point at all arguing with them! Seriously. For the vast majority, there is zero chance your comments will make any difference. I think the only thing that may possibly change some people’s minds is to be exposed to very good pro-Israel websites and blogs (like Elder of Ziyon). So it may be worth it to try to get people to read those.
But I still think it’s a waste of time, and really not worth it if it makes you upset. It’s not worth reading online comments anyway, because people tend to express more extreme opinions than they really believe anyway. (Don’t even try reading the comments on Huffington Post!) All we can do (besides general things like tehillim and mitzvos) is pray for the haters, that they see the truth, and give some tzedakah to good pro-Israel organizations who are changing people’s minds.