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Debatable. The people who think it's a millennia-long feud are counting from when the Romans threw the Israelites out of Israel according to the Bible. For them, protecting Israel at all costs is a religious thing, and their religion has existed for millennia, so ๐
Islam hadn't even come about at that time, however, so people casting it as a religious war between Jews and Muslims come across as especially disingenuous if they try to frame it that way. Hell, the Romans hadn't even Christianized at that time. Is it a war between Judaism and Paganism? C'mon.
You and I both know that, but the Bible - thumping loonies who support Israel's corrupt government right or wrong don't. They literally think that if the U.S. ever wavers or gives up support of the Israeli government in any way, it'll bring on the end times and trigger the prophecies in the Book of Revelations.
๐ค I never used to put much stock into the argument that religion is dangerous, but seeing how it affects everyone else politically, I will have to concede that point. It is very dangerous to civil society. If that's a authoritarian thing to say, it doesn't really matter -- the truth is inherently authoritarian in the minds of the weak.