“I’m against Christians being enlisted in the army,” aid Elias, 26, a dentist visiting Mama’s Coffee Shop. He did not want to give his full name for fear of antagonizing his Jewish patients. “We are Palestinians, our ancestors were Palestinians, it doesn’t matter which religion we are. If Israel lived in peace with other countries in the region and with the Palestinians, I would have no problem enlisting. But how how can you serve a country that kills your own people?”