totallyLegitPinky

I've been reading all your answers in this AMA, you're amazing. You put the Israeli experience unfiltered eloquently and with vivid images. I wish I had that ability, thanks for one of the best IAMA's I've read!

I'm guessing the opening fees to get an LLC and than annual recurring fees. You also need to get an accountant to file correctly to the tax authorities even if you don't make much or any money.

Edit: This is my experience in Israel, as others have pointed out it might be different in other parts of the world namely the US. In Israel it costs about a $1000 to open an LLC and than a similar amount a year to keep it open. Its not much but if you don't have any revenue it might not be something most people would want to spend. If you do make money its more expensive in terms of tax than other legal statuses for a business but you don't get a LLC level separation and protection.

I'm an Israeli and I don't want you to live in poverty and ignorance, to the contrary. But your comments here suggest that you are influenced by a very narrow interpretation of the events that aligns with Hamas narrative. The blockade started only after Hamas started firing rockets and attacking Israelis. You keep repeating your support for the rockets because you believe it will stop the blockade but its the opposite. It only makes Israelis support the war and the blockade even more. The reason the blockade is there is because Hamas arms itself with rockets. If Hamas would stop attacking Israel and stop accumulating heavy weaponry Israel will stop the blockade because there wouldn't be any need for it. Israeli government has said so many times.

We want the Palestinians to prosper and have a decent economy and education. Education would help people strive for peace and would help create normalization between Palestinians and Israelis. Contrary to what you might hear from Hamas TV people in Israel don't want to oppress the Palestinians, they want to live side by side in peace. But Hamas keeps searching for war and Israel can't just do nothing and must protect its citizens. If Hamas would choose peace Israel would give it peace.

And what's your source to such specific claims?

Do you think your views represent the majority of israel? or the minority? i would live with israelis like you in peace.

The vast majority of people think like me. Even most of the right wingers want peace and the only reason they support the settlements is because they believe Palestinians don't want peace (citing examples of terror and quotes like the ones you wrote in this thread which make some Israelis doubt that Palestinians want peace).

As i said in other comment, fatah, which rules west bank, which also chose peace with israel, is not providing the palsestinian of west bank any kind of good life

I'm not saying for a moment that life in the west bank is not easy or that there aren't many problems for Palestinians in the west bank. But overall their situation is a lot better than the one in Gaza, both economically and socially. The problems you hear about with the security forces and the settlers is mostly in very specific areas like Hebron where there's a lot of Hamas and people throw rocks and use other means of violence. What I wish more Palestinians would understand is that Israelis (as I'm sure Palestinians as well) are sick and tired of this conflict. The reason for many of the problems between Israelis and Palestinians are to do with security. If Palestinians would stop using violence and instead use peaceful means of protest you would have so many more Israelis wanting to stop the occupation. Even now more than 60% of Israel doesn't want the occupation to continue but the more Hamas and other Palestinian factions use violence and call for the death of Jews the harder it is for Israelis to believe that Palestinians want peace.

People in Israel still dream of a day where a Palestinian country would be born next to Israel and we would be able to enjoy Humus in Rafah and you would be able to enjoy Falafel in Jaffa. We aren't so different, more than half of the Jews in Israel come from Arab countries and have many Arabic traditions.