Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israeli rhetoric was part of my life from the moment I was born. Hating Israel and all the Jews was a daily diet I consumed before I can remember; it was always just an accepted given. My mom forbade us to watch Seinfeld as it was all Jews. She would immediately hate a person if they had a Jewish-sounding name. The word yahoodi or Jew is used as a curse word reserved for the vilest of people. Among Muslims this hatred was generally blasé.
