They aren't necessarily trying to make us support Israel, they just don't want us to support Palestinian resistance. They like the status quo of people condemning Hamas.

Actually it is the best justification. Israeli lobby groups AB tested it.

Piers won't talk about israel history of rapping palestinians since the nekba

Yeah I think the one that shut them down best was the BBS reporter asking 'If Hamas was holding the hostages in Israel, would you still be bombing them like you are in Gaza?'

Exactly this. A lot of the stupidest political arguments, imo, are about playing fast and loose with completely different degrees of offense.