Business Day

Endless Israeli hypocrisy

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Before bemoaning human rights abuses in Iran and SA, your prolific “hasbara” propagandi­st, Allan Wolman, would do well to remedy the grotesque sexual violence Haredi girls, boys and wives suffer in Mea Shearim in Jerusalem and other ultraOrtho­dox communitie­s in Israel (“UN votes to probe Iran over rights abuses, but SA invites its foreign minister”, November 28).

Israeli hypocrisy knows no limits, including the atrocities under internatio­nal law of genocide, apartheid and war crimes against Palestinia­ns, such as the murder of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.

For now, “Big Brother” America protects Israel at the UN and elsewhere, but that is fast coming to an end. A majority of young American Jews now disassocia­te themselves from the Israeli crimes committed in their name.

Whereas Iran in 2003 abandoned its ambitions to develop nuclear weapons, Israeli nuclear weapons are a menace to the future of humanity.

In short, Wolman should take the log out of his eye before attempting to remove the specks from ours.

Terry Crawford-Browne Via email

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