History EnemyMine / RealLife

** In addition to the CPUSA, another far-left party that gets the ire of the vast majority of the American Left is the Trotskyist Socialist Equality Party, whom run the World Socialist Web Site. On top of Trotskyists being treated as a punching bag for the rest of the left due to the opposition to Trotskyism by both anarchists and Marxist-Leninists, the tendency of Trots to split into multiple infighting factions, perception that Trots only sell newspapers and do nothing else, and alleged links between some Trotskyists (albeit ones coming from the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_camp Schatmanite]] tendency over the orthodox Trotskyist tendency that the SEP hails from) with the Neoconservative movement, the SEP gets extra flak from the entirety of the left for reactionary social positions, anti-union stances, and their tendency to defend celebrities outed as sexual abusers and outright pedophiles.

* Aiming to roll back press freedoms given his poor relationship with the media, when Florida governor Ron [=DeSantis=] sought to weaken libel laws and force bloggers to register with the state in his broader attempt to challenge the ''New York Times v. Sullivan'' Supreme Court decision[[note]]which made it harder for public figures to win libel cases[[/note]], both liberal and conservative media personalities worked to kill the proposed laws. They stated his plans blatantly violate free speech protections and create a chilling effect by allowing anyone to file a FrivolousLawsuit for ''any'' reason. Plus, it would clog up the courts and allow other states to pass copycat laws.

** Similarly, Rational Wiki has noted that white supremacists and black supremacists both take a share of their ideas from OG fascists like [[UsefulNotes/BenitoMussolini Mussolini]], Joseph Goebbels, and especially [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler himself]], meaning they both share a considerable hatred for Jews, often eclipsing one group's hatred for the other's race.

** In addition to the CPUSA, another far-left party that gets the ire of the vast majority of the American Left is the Trotskyist Socialist Equality Party, whom run the World Socialist Web Site. On top of Trotskyists being treated as a punching bag for the rest of the left due to the opposition to Trotskyism by both anarchists and Marxist-Leninists, the tendency of Trots to split into multiple infighting factions, perception that Trots only sell newspapers and do nothing else, and alleged links between some Trotskyists(albeit ones coming from the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_camp Schatmanite]] tendency over the orthodox Trotskyist tendency that the SEP hails from) with the Neoconservative movement, the SEP gets extra flak from the entirety of the left for reactionary social positions, anti-union stances, and their tendency to defend celebrities outed as sexual abusers and outright pedophiles.
** Both progressive anti-authoritarian leftists and reactionary authoritarian Patriotic Socialists, despite being complete ideological opposites, are opposed to the supposed influence of billionare philanthropist Neville Roy Singham on the American left. The former opposes Singham for influencing multiple leftist and anti-war groups(In particular the organizations aroude CODEPINK, the ANSWER coalition, and the Party for Socialism and Liberation) in America via various front organizaitons into a geopolitical position favorable towards authoritarian regimes such as Russia and China, the latter group, despite themselves being pro-China and pro-Russia [[StopHelpingMe believe]] Singham is aligned with the Democrats and deliberately funding specific left-wing organizations to act as controlled opposition to preempt the rise of any Marxist-Leninist parties that support socially conservative or Class-oriented social positions under the cover of a pro-China geopolitical outlook.
** The left flank of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) consists of various leftist groups with multiple ideological disagreements ranging from libertarian socialists to orthodox Marxists to outright Marxist-Leninists. However they are all united against the moderate and social democratic wing of the DSA and criticize its supposed unwillingness to hold left-leaning progressives, some of which are in the DSA, to account, as well as the suppression of its pro-Palestine chapters for being critical of representative Jamaal Bowman's voting record regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.[[labelnote:Postscript]]Ultimately, the 2023 convention would result in significant gains for the left flank of the DSA, and many moderate leftist and social democratic members of the DSA(including Jamaal Bowman himself) would start to distance themselves following the escalation of the Israeli-Palestine conflict on October 7th, 2023 due to a sizable chunk of DSA members both viewing the escalation of the conflict to be solely Israel's responsibility and advocating for a total ceasefire even if it allows Hamas to remain in power in the Gaza strip.[[/labelnote]]

** [[http://de.stopthebomb.net StopTheBomb]], an organization which is no friends of the Iranian regime (to say the least) has many members who are or have been on government watchlists for supposed or real radical leftist activities, yet it was none other than Republican senator UsefulNotes/JohnMcCain who sang "bomb bomb Iran" in 2008. War and politics making strange bedfellows apparently goes triply so when Israel is in some way involved or implied to be involved.

** Some white nationalists, despite their Antisemitism, have praised Israel's Jewish character as the kind of "ethnostate" they want to achieve elsewhere. No matter that this is severely MisaimedFandom as Israel is one of the "western" (for whatever that means) states with the highest share of Muslim citizens and Islamic law governs e.g. marriage between Muslims in Israel (There is no civil marriage and if you can't find a priest, rabbi or imam who will marry you, your only option is to go abroad to get married and have the ceremony recognized upon return -- UsefulNotes/{{Cyprus}} is a popular destination for that). To say nothing of the high immigration rate and the diverse backgrounds of the Jewish population (they all identify as Jews first and foremost, but that doesn't erase their Russian, German, Ethiopian, Middle Eastern, etc. heritage)

** Both progressive anti-authoritarian leftists(especially anarchists) and reactionary authoritarian Patriotic Socialists, despite being complete ideological opposites, hate the Party for Socialism and Liberation([=PSL=]). Anti-authoritarian leftists hate the [=PSL=] for supposedly trying to influence every single major progressive movement in the US via the ANSWER Coalition, having a toxic organizing culture, whitewashing the Soviet Union, and defending every single regime opposed to the United States regardless of their socialist and progressive credentials and existing economic ties with the US undermining any anti-US opposition(with the [=PSL=]'s views on Russia, Iran, Syria, and the [=PRC=] being singled out). Patriotic Socialists hate the [=PSL=] for seeming overreliance on staging protests and reaching out to progressives and other leftists over more socially conservative Americans, supposedly "woke" socially progressive policies, unabashed anti-America attitudes, not going far enough in taking a pro-Russian stance during the 2022 escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian war, and their refusal to work with American libertarians and far-rightists that may have a positive view on Russia or subscribe to isolationist politics[[note]]The justification here by [=PatSocs=] being that supposedly, the existing sympathy for Vladimir Putin in American conservative and far-right circles make the American right more willing allies to work with in fermenting a pro-Russia movement, and that Marxist-Leninists should put "opposing the primary contradiction of imperialism" above opposing socially reactionary trends. Both claims are derided elsewhere as smokescreen for bigoted behavior on the part of [=PatSocs=], and the [=PSL=](and by extension other anti-Patsoc Marxist-Leninists) for their part argues that said strategy would prevent an anti-US geopolitical bloc from ever materializing because it would result in Russia pivoting towards an anti-China and outright Sinophobic American far-right and subsequently lead to China's isolation on the world stage.[[/note]] because of the far-right and bigoted views present in the latter groups. In both circles, supposed links between the PSL and billionaire Neville Roy Singham are highlighted, albeit for different reasons[[note]]Anti-authoritarians perceive Singham to be the funder of a global network of pro-CCP organizations seeking to influence global opinion in favor of the Chinese government, while [=PatSocs=] believe Singham is aligned with the Democrats and deliberately funding specific organizations like the PSL to act as controlled opposition to preempt the rise of supposedly more "genuine" Marxist-Leninist parties.[[/note]]

** ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Roblox}}'' normally ''loathe'' one another, but both of them were able to come to the agreement that SOPA was bad mojo, causing a temporary redirection of their rivalry towards fighting against it.

** While all allies of one another, the US-led [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Prosperity_Guardian Operation Prosperity Guardian]] features a rather strange collection of countries united against Yemen in an effort to dissuade their state-backed piracy in the Red Sea. While most of the members are part of NATO and the Commonwealth, Bahrain and - most unusual of all - the Seychelles have joined the party, despite the latter not having a standing army nor Navy to contribute to the coalition.

** And then again between Catholic France and Protestant Sweden during the UsefulNotes/ThirtyYearsWar; once again to limit the Habsburgs' power. Cardinal Richelieu practically invented {{realpolitik}}. Sweden also was for a short time allied with its ArchEnemy Denmark-Norway during the war... but then Denmark-Norway allied with the Habsburgs in the late part of the war despite being protestant.

* While it was obviously something that conservatives were angry about, even liberals and other people who dislike UsefulNotes/SarahPalin were disgusted by Martin Bashir's assertion that she deserved to be subjected to "Derby's dose" (a punishment enacted on African slaves where they were forced to consume feces) for comparing the federal debt to slavery. This was compounded with Bashir's fellow former MSNBC anchor Alec Baldwin alleging a DoubleStandard in the fact that Baldwin was quickly fired for an anti-gay slur he said in an outburst against reporters yet Bashir still had his job after his ''scripted'' offensive comments. Unsurprisingly, Bashir eventually resigned.

* The 1619 project is opposed by American ultra-conservatives AND class-oriented leftists(specifically Orthodox Trotskyists and Patriotic Socialists). The former opposes the 1619 project for pushing fourth an analysis of American history heavily focused on slavery and racial injustice. The latter opposes the 1619 project(and by extension leftist histography seemingly affirming the conclusions of the project such as the books penned by black Communist Gerald Horne) for downplaying the role of class conflict in American society and creating a extremely negative image of American history at odds with traditional Marxist interpretations of both the American Revolution and the American Civil War that would supposedly alienate the left from more patriotic elements of the working class.

* When Fascist Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1935, the Ethiopians received a significant amount of material support from Nazi Germany, despite the Nazi regime being infamously white supremacist. This was because German-Italian relations were on the rocks at the time for a number of reasons, most famously because Germany wanted to bring Italy's ally Austria into its own sphere of influence, if not outright annex it.

** The U.S. even went so far as to support anti-Soviet communist regimes, such as Yugoslavia and (eventually) the People's Republic of China. The most bizarre case being perhaps Romania, which - despite Nicolae Ceaușescu being a guy who tried to out-Stalin Stalin (and ended up the only Eastern Bloc leader shot by his own populace instead of peacefully overthrown) - somehow cultivated a "pro-Western" foreign policy (including stuff like teaching French in school rather than Russian) mostly due to Ceaușescu trying to demonstrate his independence from Moscow by cozying up to the west - and being repressive and just plain ''weird'' domestically. Romania was notably the only Eastern Bloc country to send athletes to the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles which were boycotted as retaliation for the 1980 Moscow Olympics boycott of the Western Bloc. Romania did also send representatives to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship_Games "Friendship Games"]] the Soviet sponsored MoralSubstitute to the boycotted 1984 Olympics.

** During the UsefulNotes/IranIraqWar, China, France, Britain, the Soviet Union, the United States, the Gulf States, and a variety of other countries all gave more support to Iraq than Iran; the Westerners were displeased that a West-friendly regime had been overthrown (not to mention Iranian support for terrorists that killed American and French troops in Lebanon), the Soviets had been Saddam's main sponsors even before the war and stuck to it, the Chinese wanted to both make money with arms sales and curry favor with the Arab states, and all of the above regarded militant Islamism of the sort embraced in Iran as a threat to their interests. Henry Kissinger is said to have said "I wish they could both lose." On the other side, Iran received support from Iraq's rival Baathist state Syria due to a falling out between the two countries prior to Saddam Hussein's ascension in Iraq (which also led Iraq and Syria to support competing factions in the Lebanese Civil War), as well as a great deal of weapons and aid from Israel, because both countries considered UsefulNotes/SaddamHussein a far greater enemy (Hussein in fact disseminated a notorious pamphlet written by his father-in-law titled "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Whom_God_Should_Not_Have_Created:_Persians,_Jews,_and_Flies Three Whom God Should Not Have Created: Persians, Jews, and Flies]]"). Historian Trita Parsi has also claimed that Israel's bombing of Iraq's nuclear facility at Osirak was assisted by Iranian intelligence, but Iran officially denies this. Iran also received arms from Libya despite the two countries having very different ideas about Islam's role in government and society and suspicions that a prominent Iranian cleric was murdered by the Libyan government.

* This tendency was also repeated in the African countries of Chad and Somalia, where warring forces teamed up to kick out the foreign invaders. In Chad's case, the government and rebel forces united to fight the invading forces of Libya, while the Somalis temporarily put their civil war on hold to kick out the United Nations force sent to restore order after the collapse of the dictatorship before they returned to fighting among themselves.

* Both far-left hardline communists and far-right nationalists in Eastern Europe and across the world like UsefulNotes/SlobodanMilosevic; the right-wing extremists like his ultranationalist policies and the communists like that he was a strong communist leader in an era where communism was losing footing. Radical rightists and communists have penned articles defending Milošević's regime and have cited each other's work.

** There is a noteworthy divide on the left between a larger group on the left advocating for a one state solution[[note]]where Israel is entirely subsumed into a secular Palestine governed by a constitution offering equal rights to both Jews and Palestinians[[/note]], and a smaller group[[note]]primarily tied to old school social democratic, Labour Zionist, and moderate democratic socialist currents[[/note]] that supports the two solution and is even supportive of Zionism to a degree. This is because of the perception in these circles that "New Antisemitism" is a legitimate issue on the left, that a fully pro-Palestinian platform would not garner much support in America, where the population leans strongly pro-Israel, that Zionism cannot entirely be seen as a settler-colonial ideology, that the one state solution is unfeasible and/or naive as it stands, and that groups like Hamas would always oppose any secular constitution providing any rights to Jews. This divide became very apparent following the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas with the leftists supporting a two-state solution supporting the destruction of Hamas and prioritizing the return of hostages captured by Hamas over a ceasefire, with the pro-two state currents on the left claiming that Hamas would always be a threat to any peace process regardless of legitimate critiques that could be made about either the Netanyahu government or the proportionality of Israel's response.

** There is a noteworthy divide on the left between a larger group on the left advocating for a one state solution[[note]]where Israel is entirely subsumed into a secular Palestine governed by a constitution offering equal rights to both Jews and Palestinians[[/note]], and a smaller group[[note]]primarily tied to old school social democratic, Labour Zionist, and moderate democratic socialist currents[[/note]] that supports the two solution and is even supportive of Zionism to a degree. This is because of the perception in these circles that Zionism cannot entirely be seen as a settler-colonial ideology, that the one state solution is unfeasible and/or naive as it stands, and that Hamas had never genuinely abandoned their original charter[[note]]which contained extremely antisemitic rhetoric, by contrast their revised charter seemingly emphasizes opposing the government of Israel over Jews in the area as a whole[[/note]] despite all claims of doing so and would also oppose any secular constitution providing any rights to Jews. This divide became very apparent following the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas with the leftists supporting a two-state solution supporting the destruction of Hamas and prioritizing the return of hostages captured by Hamas over a ceasefire, with the pro-two state currents on the left claiming that Hamas would always be a threat to any peace process regardless of legitimate critiques that could be made about either the Netanyahu government or the proportionality of Israel's response.

** And then again between Catholic France and Protestant Sweden during the UsefulNotes/ThirtyYearsWar; once again to limit the Habsburgs' power. Cardinal Richelieu practically invented {{realpolitik}}. Sweden also was for a short time allied with its ArchEnemy Denmark-Norway during the war...but then Denmark-Norway allied with the Habsburgs in the late part of the war despite being protestant.

** In November 2017, Intel announced that it would partner with AMD to create a CPU + GPU package. That is, Intel wanted an on-package GPU that was better than their own integrated ones and they went with their heated rival over GPU manufacturer NVIDIA.

** In relation to the above, the 1619 project is opposed by American ultra-conservatives AND class-oriented leftists. The former opposes the 1619 project for pushing fourth an analysis of American history heavily focused on slavery and racial injustice. The latter opposes the 1619 project(and by extension leftist histography seemingly affirming the conclusions of the project such as the books penned by black Communist Gerald Horne) for downplaying the role of class conflict in American society and creating a extremely negative image of American history at odds with traditional Marxist interpretations of both the American Revolution and the American Civil War that would supposedly alienate the left from more patriotic elements of the working class.

* Despite being supportive of the Republican Party and the American right-wing, both Candice Owens and Jackson Hinkle[[note]]who identifies nominally as a Communist, but ideologically leans closer to the American far-right, openly supports the GOP and Donald Trump, and also [[https://www.reddit.com/r/tankiejerk/comments/17ar42c/when_you_have_no_consistent_politics_just_grifting/ previously supported]] Netanyahu as well on the basis that he was close with Vladimir Putin, and would thereby advance "multipolarity"[[/note]] would express sympathy for the Palestinians following the escalation of the conflict on October 7th, with both believing Israel's actions to be extremely disproportionate.

** There is a noteworthy divide on the left between a larger group on the left advocating for a one state solution[[note]]where Israel is entirely subsumed into a secular Palestine governed by a constitution offering equal rights to both Jews and Palestinians[[/note]], and a smaller group[[note]]primarily tied to old school social democratic, Labour Zionist, and moderate democratic socialist currents[[/note]] that supports the two solution and is even supportive of Zionism to a degree. This is because of the perception in these circles that Zionism cannot entirely be seen as a purely settler-colonial ideology, that the one state solution is unfeasible and/or naive as it stands, and that Hamas had never genuinely abandoned their original charter[[note]]which contained extremely antisemitic rhetoric, by contrast their revised charter seemingly emphasizes opposing the government of Israel over Jews in the area as a whole[[/note]] despite all claims of doing so and would also oppose any secular constitution providing any rights to Jews. This divide became very apparent following the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas with the leftists supporting a two-state solution supporting the destruction of Hamas and prioritizing the return of hostages captured by Hamas over a ceasefire, with the pro-two state currents on the left claiming that Hamas would always be a threat to any peace process regardless of legitimate critiques that could be made about either the Netanyahu government or the proportionality of Israel's response.

** There is a noteworthy divide on the left between a larger group on the left advocating for a one state solution[[note]]where Israel is entirely subsumed into a secular Palestine governed by a constitution offering equal rights to both Jews and Muslims[[/note]], and a smaller group[[note]]primarily tied to old school social democratic, Labour Zionist, and moderate democratic socialist currents[[/note]] that supports the two solution and is even supportive of Zionism to a degree. This is because of the perception in these circles that Zionism cannot entirely be seen as a purely settler-colonial ideology, that the one state solution is unfeasible and/or naive as it stands, and that Hamas had never genuinely abandoned their original charter[[note]]which contained extremely antisemitic rhetoric, by contrast their revised charter seemingly emphasizes opposing the government of Israel over Jews in the area as a whole[[/note]] despite all claims of doing so and would also oppose any secular constitution providing any rights to Jews. This divide became very apparent following the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas with the leftists supporting a two-state solution supporting the destruction of Hamas and prioritizing the return of hostages captured by Hamas over a ceasefire, with the pro-two state currents on the left claiming that Hamas would always be a threat to any peace process regardless of legitimate critiques that could be made about either the Netanyahu government or the proportionality of Israel's response.

** For Alaska's at-large House seat, voters chose Mary Peltola over Trump-backed Sarah Palin because they still remember the latter OpenMouthInsertFoot syndrome, which sank John [=McCain=]'s bid for president. Peltola and many Democrats also cross-endorsed incumbent senator Lisa Murkowski, who was being challenged by Trump-endorsed Kelly Tshibaka as Murkowski voted to have Trump impeached in 2021.

* Despite being supportive of the Republican Party and the American right-wing, both Candice Owens and Jackson Hinkle[[note]]who identifies nominally as a Communist, but ideologically leans closer to the American far-right, openly supports the GOP and Donald Trump, and also [[https://www.reddit.com/r/tankiejerk/comments/17ar42c/when_you_have_no_consistent_politics_just_grifting/ previously supported]] Netanyahu as well on the basis that he was close with Vladimir Putin[[/note]] would express sympathy for the Palestinians, believing Israel's actions to be extremely disproportionate.

* Despite being supportive of the Republican Party and the American right-wing, both Candice Owens and Jackson Hinkle[[note]]who identifies nominally as a Communist, but ideologically leans closer to the American far-right and previously supported Netanyahu on the basis that he was close with Vladimir Putin[[/note]] would express sympathy for the Palestinians, believing Israel's actions to be extremely disproportionate.

** There is a noteworthy divide on the left between a larger group on the left advocating for a one state solution[[note]]where Israel is entirely subsumed into a secular Palestine governed by a constitution offing equal rights to both Jews and Muslims[[/note]], and a smaller group[[note]]primarily tied to old school social democratic, Labour Zionist, and moderate democratic socialist currents[[/note]] that supports the two solution and is even supportive of Zionism to a degree. This is because of the perception in these circles that Zionism cannot entirely be seen as a purely settler-colonial ideology, that the one state solution is unfeasible and/or naive as it stands, and that Hamas had never genuinely abandoned their original charter[[note]]which contained extremely antisemitic rhetoric, by contrast their revised charter seemingly emphasizes opposing the government of Israel over Jews in the area as a whole[[/note]] despite all claims of doing so and would also oppose any secular constitution providing any rights to Jews. This divide became very apparent following the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas with the leftists supporting a two-state solution supporting the destruction of Hamas and prioritizing the return of hostages captured by Hamas over a ceasefire, with the pro-two state currents on the left claiming that Hamas would always be a threat to any peace process regardless of legitimate critiques that could be made about either the Netanyahu government or the proportionality of Israel's response.

** There is a noteworthy divide on the left between a larger group on the left advocating for a one state solution[[note]]where Israel is entirely subsumed into a secular Palestine governed by a constitution offing equal rights to both Jews and Muslims[[/note]], and a smaller group[[note]]primarily tied to old school social democratic, Labour Zionist, and moderate democratic socialist currents[[/note]] that supports the two solution and is even supportive of Zionism to a degree. This is because of the perception in these circles that Zionism cannot entirely be seen as a settler-colonial ideology, that the one state solution is unfeasible and/or naive as it stands, and that Hamas would supposedly oppose a secular constitution providing rights to all faiths in the region. This divide became very apparent following the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas with the leftists supporting a two-state solution supporting the destruction of Hamas and prioritizing the return of hostages captured by Hamas over a ceasefire, with the pro-two state currents on the left claiming that Hamas would always be a threat to any peace process regardless of legitimate critiques that could be made about the proportionality of Israel's response.

** Both progressive anti-authoritarian leftists(especially anarchists) and reactionary authoritarian Patriotic Socialists, despite being complete ideological opposites, hate the Party for Socialism and Liberation([=PSL=]). Anti-authoritarian leftists hate the [=PSL=] for supposedly trying to influence every single major progressive movement in the US via the ANSWER Coalition, having a toxic organizing culture, whitewashing the Soviet Union, and defending every single regime opposed to the United States regardless of their socialist and progressive credentials and existing economic ties with the US undermining any anti-US opposition(with the [=PSL=]'s views on Russia, Iran, Syria and the [=PRC=] being singled out). Patriotic Socialists hate the [=PSL=] for seeming overreliance on staging protests and reaching out to progressives and other leftists over more socially conservative Americans, supposedly "woke" socially progressive policies, unabashed anti-America attitudes, not going far enough in taking a pro-Russian stance during the 2022 escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian war, and their refusal to work with American libertarians and far-rightists that may have a positive view on Russia or subscribe to isolationist politics[[note]]The justification here by [=PatSocs=] being that supposedly, the existing sympathy for Vladimir Putin in American conservative and far-right circles make the American right more willing allies to work with in fermenting a pro-Russia movement, and that Marxist-Leninists should put "opposing the primary contradiction of imperialism" above opposing socially reactionary trends. Both claims are derided elsewhere as smokescreen for bigoted behavior on the part of [=PatSocs=], and the [=PSL=](and by extension other anti-Patsoc Marxist-Leninists) for their part argues that said strategy would prevent an anti-US geopolitical bloc from ever materializing because it would result in Russia pivoting towards an anti-China and outright Sinophobic American far-right and subsequently lead to China's isolation on the world stage.[[/note]] because of the far-right and bigoted views present in the latter groups.

** There is a noteworthy divide on the left between a larger group on the left advocating for a one state solution[[note]]where Israel is entirely subsumed into a secular Palestine governed by a constitution offing equal rights to both Jews and Muslims[[/note]], and a smaller group[[note]]primarily tied to old school social democratic, Labour Zionist, and moderate democratic socialist currents[[/note]] that supports the two solution and is even supportive of Zionism to a degree. This is because of the perception in these circles that Zionism cannot entirely be seen as a settler-colonial ideology, that the one state solution is unfeasible and/or naive as it stands, and that Hamas would supposedly oppose a secular constitution that providing rights to all faiths in the region. This divide became very apparent following the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas with the leftists supporting a two-state solution supporting the destruction of Hamas and prioritizing the return of hostages captured by Hamas over a ceasefire, with the pro-two state currents on the left claiming that Hamas would always be a threat to any peace process regardless of legitimate critiques that could be made about the proportionality of Israel's response.