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Israel is the world's favorite double standard.

JL;DR SUMMARY Nachum Kaplan's essay critiques the prevalent double standards Israel faces on the global stage, likening this treatment to modern antisemitism's "three Ds": double standards, delegitimization, and dehumanization. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HamasUnInternational LawMiddle East ConflictSelf DefenseProportionalityGlobal PoliticsDouble Standards

Places mentioned

Israel
"The lies about Israel know no bounds."
Russian Federation
"One might take issue with Russian, Chinese, or Jordanian policy, but no one argues that those states have no right to exist."
China
"One might take issue with Russian, Chinese, or Jordanian policy, but no one argues that those states have no right to exist."
Jordan
"One might take issue with Russian, Chinese, or Jordanian policy, but no one argues that those states have no right to exist."
United States
"When ISIS did this in Mosul from 2016 to 2017, U.S. airstrikes killed thousands."
Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq
"When ISIS did this in Mosul from 2016 to 2017, U.S. airstrikes killed thousands."
France
"When France kills terrorists in Mali, it is self-defense, and civilian casualties are collateral damage."
Mali
"When France kills terrorists in Mali, it is self-defense, and civilian casualties are collateral damage."
Egypt
"While Israel gets castigated, neighboring Egypt gets a free pass for violating international humanitarian law by not letting Palestinians in to seek refuge."
Syria
"Bashar al-Assad kills 500,000 in Syria? Silence."
Germany
"When the Allies invaded Germany in World War Two, no one demanded a post-Hitler reconstruction plan before the D-Day landings had even commenced."
Turkey
"There is no outrage about Turkish settlers in Northern Cyprus, Moroccan settlers in Western Sahara, or Chinese settlers in Tibet."
Tibet, China
"There is no outrage about Turkish settlers in Northern Cyprus, Moroccan settlers in Western Sahara, or Chinese settlers in Tibet."
India
"There are no movements to boycott India over disputed Kashmir."
United Arab Emirates
"Israel is accused of apartheid for having laws that preserve its Jewish character, while 22 Arab countries exist as ethnically and religiously defined states, many of which criminalize conversion to any other religion."

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