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Why we are yelling at each other – there are two distinct groups.
One are pro-zionist yeshiva students who hate Arabs, think the IDF is protecting them from the Arabs, enjoy getting benefits from the medinah, would like to drive the Arabs out of Eretz Yisrael, and are in effect saying “You go fight the Arabs – Kal ha-Kavod … May my learning in yeshiva help you.” These people if they aren’t joining the army already, will probably end up doing so.
The other group are anti-zionists who feel the zionists unnecessarily started a war that was totally avoidable, that trading statehood for autonomy is the only path to peace, see nothing wrong with becoming friends with Muslims, do not see the Arabs as a threat, and question whether it is allowed to kill Arabs or destroy their property since the zionists are the “Rodefim” and a Rodef, unlike a Nirdaf, is required to withdraw from the fight. Under international law, this group are clearly conscientious objectors, and attempts to conscript them will cause serious problems for the Israelis.