why Israelis are so despised by Britons?

"again"?

ahahah mate, i do know i'm not "middle eastern" and it's not only because i burn in the sun as a slice of bacon in a pan or i have blue eyes.
i don't think i feel related to any middle eastern culture or heritage, and it's a pretty annoying thing to feel more related to north europeans rather than mizrahi Israelis (jews from arab countries and Iran) when it comes to culture, food or way of life.

about hating or not being able to get along with Israelis i think it's just stupid, you can't dislike a whole people for political reasons.
i dont hate Iranians, but their government promised to wipe Israel off the map.
anyway, even if political views were supposed to be a reason, how could you dislike every Israeli? most of those living in Tel Aviv or Haifa (including my family) dislike Likud and Netanyahu, agree that Palestinians must have a country and don't support settlements in the west bank.
many Israelis from the south or Jerusalem area support the right wing and everyone knows what are the views of settlers.
and this is just geographical, there are socio-economic reasons too: richer people and ashkenazim tend to vote for the center and left wing, poorer classes and new immigrants tend to vote Likud.
but obviously every person is different and he has his own ideas.

You're absolutely right. What I love about Israelis is that they are so laid back, really open-minded and they just love to have fun and be chill. The reason I went to Israel in the first place was to catch up with some friends I made in India (they went after their military service), we met on a beach in Goa and hit it off so we ended up backpacking around India together for a bit.

I can't tell you how soft the spot is in my heart for Israel and Israelis. Oh and in answer to your question, I'm a guy. When did you move here? Did you finish your IDF service or do you have some kind of exemption?

What if Iran did wipe Israel off the map and the vast majority of Iranians advocated and condoned it?

Needless to say, there are some really great Israeli people who aren't afraid to speak the truth.

I'd recommend you look up Professor Ilan Pappe of the University of Exeter and Norman Finklestein.

This isn't the thread to debate why Israel is (or is not) a rogue state (etc). If you want to discuss that then you should make your own thread (or just find one of the many others that have been made over the years).

I was merely answering the OP.

FWIW, it wasn't "a few pimply students from rich families" that passed the motion that Israel was a rogue state (by 51% to 19%) - 62.2% of all Cambridge undergrads are from state schools.

If you want to read more about the debate at the union this article by Ben White (one of the speakers) sums it up well.

FWIW, it wasn't "a few pimply students from rich families" that passed the motion that Israel was a rogue state (by 51% to 19%) - 62.2% of all Cambridge undergrads are from state schools..

The majority of the Israeli people support , either actively or in apathy , the genocide and systematic armed robbery of the Palestinian people even when it is this very same oppression they faced for thousands of years . This hypocrisy of the general population along with the arrogance of the government leads to many in the UK to "despise" or have a negative opinion of Israel and its people.

Unlike many other nations people in the UK are not blinded by the mainstream media and its lack of attention to Palestine and we understand the injustice and horrors of the Gaza Conflict for what they are. Unlike Italy , we also fought against Hitler's oppression and segregation of the Jews and Apartheid in South Africa . We are fighting against the very same thing in Israel. A Palestinian cannot live where they wish , take up certain jobs , and must carry an identity card without which they cannot even enter the sea.

Although I am sure your family , some of whom are in the Israeli armed forces are moral and just , still it is their apathy that is leading to the destruction and oppression of an innocent people and the right for their posterity to have their own land , just like the Jews can have theirs.

We in the UK shall not submit to a corporate euro-centric media-supported hegemony of the United States and those who seek to benefit from the suffering of others . We are human beings fighting for the rights other human beings.