''The fact that people in civilised countries can openly support repressive tyrannical regimes like the ones controlling Iran and Palestine is mind boggling to me, and is reflective of the declining quality of education ...''
you fail to mention Israel as a repressive regime
if you don't think it is - you must have been in a coma and not seen 70 years of repression
all you are seeing is that the world is finally being awoken from turning a blind eye to Israeli atrocities and breaking of international laws for decades