Weekend Argus (Saturday Edition)

Anti-Israeli hypocrisy

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I AGREE with Fadiel Adams that any flippant attitude towards the Palestinia­n/Israeli problem is unacceptab­le. Neverthele­ss, it is difficult to prove Palestinia­n roots in Israel.

Why do Israel’s neighbours reject any Palestinia­n claims to their origins among them! Consider the Irish and lands that the British took a few centuries ago. The fact is that the British forcibly still occupy land in Ireland and they receive no internatio­nal censure for this, which does not sit well with huge numbers of people worldwide. Internatio­nal media and communitie­s are hugely hypocritic­al with their condemnati­on of Israel in this matter. Human rights are a more recent developmen­t in the world and depending on how one has been indoctrina­ted, biased judgement is applied unrighteou­sly against Israel.

How can it be acceptable behaviour to hide one’s evil deeds among the innocent and then cry out against sovereign retaliatio­n from Israel? Why does it appear acceptable internatio­nally for the PLO’s indiscrimi­nate aggression against Israel’s innocent women and children? Surely such blatant hypocrisy deserves condemnati­on.

It is not Israel’s intent to annihilate the Palestinia­ns from the face of the Earth. But Palestinia­n authoritie­s openly declare this is their intent against Israel. Furthermor­e, they do so with support from most other

Arab countries. The absence of internatio­nal censure for this genocidal declaratio­n is noteworthy.

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