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I mentioned specifically citizens of Israel.
I specifically stated it becomes hard to separate the citizens that support it.
I did not say I have any opinion on the people. (Same way I do not hate Russian people.)
But, let's say I was a Jew in Germany in 1944... Would I be prejudice for believing the Nazis and millions of citizens wanted me dead?
It's not prejudice, it's reality, within the state.
But, yes, free Palestine. Free Ukraine. Free Tibet, Taiwan. Free Myanmar. Free etc.
You posted the numbers. It's not 1% or something small that people might argue is trivial. One trap of political reporting is that people conflate a country name with it's military or its current leadership or its people. That inevitably leads to extrapolation and unwarranted conclusions.
Of course this is not unique to Israel. It happens all the time. And it's not OK, but many people are lazy and others are manipulative, so the best we can do is be aware of the tendency to equivocate.