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Disporportionate Response

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Disporportionate Response

J
Jewish Task Force

7 Views • Apr 22, 2010

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It seems that whenever Israel responds to violent overtures from groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas, leaders of the

international community are quick to assign equal condemnation to Israelis and Palestinians regardless of whether one is

legitimately acting in self-defense.

Whether it is due to a latent anti-Semitism, the desire to avoid inflaming fundamentalist Arab passions, or simply an

unrealistic belief in equality, world leaders are focusing too much on buzzwords.

In the case of Israel, the buzzwords are the "disproportionate" and "excessive" use of force terms used in the 2006

Lebanon war and most recently spoken by French President Nikolas Sarkozy and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in response

to Israel's Gaza offensive.

This is a particularly puzzling criticism of Israel. Would the international community truly prefer a proportionate or

equal response?
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