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Double Standards
● Are Israel and the Arab world judged with different standards?
● Doesn't America give undue favoritism to Israel?
● Is Israel criticized more than other countries who are are conducting
themselves in a far less humanitarian ways?
● Is Israel criticized by other countries who would react as harshly or
more harshly under similar circumstances?
● Who are the real victims of the 'Double Standard'?
● Are the Palestinian Arabs given special treatment by the international
community?
● Aren't the lower standards expected of the Arab world a good way to
help them become more progressive societies?
Are Israel and the Arab world judged with different standards?
● Under Construction
● While anything Israel does, may do, or does not do reveals that
country's depravity, acts of commission or omission by other
countries pass unchallenged or are not condemned in the same way,
or are treated with indulgence. In no case is anything done by a
country other than Israel used as a pretext for questioning the
country's existence. The anti-Zionists eschew comparisons.
The NEW YORK TIMES article by Steven Erlanger (1) carries the
complaint that the US bombing threat to Iraq represents a "Double
Standard" in favor of Israel. The concept that America holds a
"Double Standard" in favor of Israel has been ramped up in recent
years and has reached a peak now during this latest confrontation
with Iraq. Arabists claim the US has used a "Double Standard" when
issues regarding Israel are considered. Let us then examine this
"Double Standard" minus the Orwellian Double-Speak.
The Christian Church taught its followers that Jews were connected
with the devil, were the killers of the Jew Jesus and, therefore, worth
hounding or killing, without conscience, if the opportunity arose.
"Double Standard" here was merely that Jews were not considered
as human, but UNgodly, whereas Christians were entirely human and
godly. Therefore Christians were deserving of the Covenant with G-d
once the Jews had been either absorbed or eliminated.
In gratitude for the part they played in the Great War, in 1918 the
Jews were to be given their historic land of Palestine, "to create a
homeland for the Jewish people and to settle the land (on both sides
of the Jordan River)" This commitment was ratified by the US
Congress and League of Nations (precursor to the UN). (2)
"Double Standards" applied against the Jews in the 30s and 40s that
spawned the Holocaust have been delineated competently in many,
many books.(4) It is merely necessary to note that the simple phrase
"Double Standard" was the very foundation operative in causing and
actuating the Holocaust. This includes the Christian Church, most all
of the countries of the world, humanitarian agencies (the Red Cross),
the media, the intelligentsia, the leaders, et al. Especially despicable
was Britain's blockade of Palestine against Jews fleeing certain death
during the Nazi extermination campaign. They also stopped survivors
from entering Palestine after WWII. Those who tried to run their
blockades were jailed in concentration camps on Cyprus.
This embargo didn't apply to the Arabs. Not only did the Arabs have
weapons in abundance, plus those left behind by the British, but
could freely purchase modern weapons left over from WWII.
Meanwhile, the Jews bought old and almost useless weapons from
such countries as Czechoslovakia at double prices of new weapons.
"Double Standard"
The War for Israel's Independence began before the British left, with
continual attacks not stopped by the British. May 15, 1948, the day
of Israel's declaration of Independence, newborn Israel was attacked
by the 7 well-armed and trained armies of Egypt, Syria, Jordan,
Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen.
Miraculously, the 600,000 Jews of new Israel, many straight from the
Nazi death camps or British internment camps on Cyprus, fought the
7 Arab armies to a standstill. The world still didn't give a damn until
it was clear the Arabs were losing. Then and only then, did America
step in to snatch success in battle from the Jews. In the 6 defensive
wars against the Arabs who threatened to throw the Jews into the
sea by Jihad (Holy War), the Arabs lost. But, America and the West
were consistent. They interceded to deny the Jews their victory over
aggressor nations, again and again and again. "Double Standard"
Let us advance to Oslo and the handshake on the White House lawn.
It is no secret that Arafat has broken every single line of the
agreement with no objections from the US. (Note! Except for some
State Dept. double-talk on how, regrettably, this killing or suicide
If Israel had been permitted to hit the SCUD batteries, perhaps those
Americans would be alive today and the NBC, Nuclear, Biological and
Chemical weapons Saddam has in hidden stockpiles would not exist.
Saddam was beaten by the American led coalition in 1991. He
surrendered to terms of oil embargo and UN inspection searches for
his hidden weapons. Both lies. He continued to ship oil through other
nations and easily deceived the UN inspectors, continuing to build
and hide his stockpile of NBC.
Now the war posturing has begun again, only we hear shouts of
unfair "Double Standard" "Why attack Iraq for hiding WMD, Weapons
of Mass Destruction when Israel must also have them?"Israel
upholds the same ethics that America, France and England. None of
these nations would use such weapons,except in a worst-case
scenario whereas Saddam has used his and would use them again as
his weapon of first choice.
Did the teenagers who wrapped themselves in the American flag and
shouted down Sec. of State Albright understand that long range
missiles and artillery shells loaded with poison are not merely
constructed for deterrence but they can be used in America? Saddam
means to use his - now or later. Who primed the chanting bubble-
heads to think that Saddam was only doing this because Israel had
denied one of his co-conspirators (Arafat) the right to make Israel
"Judenrein" (free of Jews). Then the panting and chanting grew
louder, as they repeated the mantra of "Double Standard, Double
Standard"
Jews understand the "Double Standard" very well, having been its
victims for centuries. As the Arabs and fellow liberals scream about
"Double Standards" remember that Carl Jung said: "Aggressors
generally first blame their intended victims for what they (the
aggressors) wish to do. By blaming the victim, you can then attack,
pretending justification."
● ...it is not just at the expense of the Israelis that the PLO, as we
have seen, has been granted priority over other movements, for such
priority is prejudicial to all such movements as do not happen to
enjoy Arab-African "recognition". By virtue of what criteria should a
Aren't the lower standards expected of the Arab world a good way
to help them become more progressive societies?
If nothing else, the clashes in Hebron and the Gaza Strip are
certainly documented in gruesome detail. The moment in which IDF
soldier Lior Cohen was seriously wounded by a pipe bomb in Hebron
was captured by TV news cameras, as was the last act of Palestinian
stone-thrower Mahed Etzer, 17, killed in a clash with the IDF in the
Gaza Strip.
from radical elements, there is little doubt that his multiple security
services have the power to quell the violence at the moment it is no
longer in his interest for it to continue.
Palestinian officials, far from apologizing for spreading such rabid and
dangerous propaganda, are at the center of its dissemination. A
violent Israeli response to such outrages is, rightly, unthinkable. Yet
a violent Palestinian response to such provocations, no matter how
marginal, is considered inevitable.
Ultimately, most Israelis will shrug off the hateful rhetoric aimed at
them; but Palestinians will have to live under the dictatorship whose
disrespect for their human rights is part and parcel of its vitriolic
hatred of Israel. The lesson should not be lost that reliance upon
hatred of an external enemy is the hallmark of dictatorships
generally, and particularly in the Middle East.