Eretz Israel is our unforgettable historic homeland...The Jews who will it shall achieve their State...And whatever we attempt there for our own benefit will redound mightily and beneficially to the good of all mankind. (Theodor Herzl, DerJudenstaat, 1896)

We offer peace and amity to all the neighbouring states and their peoples, and invite them to cooperate with the independent Jewish nation for the common good of all. The State of Israel is ready to contribute its full share to the peaceful progress and development of the Middle East.
(From Proclamation of the State of Israel, 5 Iyar 5708; 14 May 1948)

With a liberal democratic political system operating under the rule of law, a flourishing market economy producing technological innovation to the benefit of the wider world, and a population as educated and cultured as anywhere in Europe or North America, Israel is a normal Western country with a right to be treated as such in the community of nations.... For the global jihad, Israel may be the first objective. But it will not be the last. (Friends of Israel Initiative)

Friday 18 January 2013

Fighting Terrorism: A Double Standard In A Nutshell

Kudos to the unknown person who made this comment, quoted in an email I received just now:
“France is going to war in Mali because it says ‘we cannot have a terrorist state at the door of Europe,’ but when Israel launches a defensive operation to protect its citizens from missile attacks from terrorists in Gaza, all the French newspapers and television commentators scream about Israeli aggression. The distance between Bamako and Paris: 6266 km. The distance between Gaza and Israel: 1km.”
The writer adds that it evokes one of Natan Sharansky's triple D definition of  antisemitism: "double standards" (for his famous definition see here)

And for more on France and Mali see here from which the photo below is taken (it's a demo outside the French Embassy in Old London Town)

Photo: AFP/CARL COURT

4 comments:

  1. It's from this article
    Mali is France’s Gaza by Ron Agam
    http://www.algemeiner.com/2013/01/14/mali-is-frances-gaza/

    I had that in my Monday links
    http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/monday-linkdump.html

    More double standards.
    Amnesty hypocrisy: French try to avoid civilian casualties, Israelis don't
    http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/amnesty-hypocrisy-french-try-to-avoid.html

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  2. Thanks so much, Ian. You're an amazing fund of knowledge.

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  3. French foreign policy has been utterly hypocritical since de Gaulle decided to turn on the Jews and side with the Arab states in the 60's.

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    1. There were three Jews on his Algiers-based Committee of National Liberation during the war. I recall his speech in Canada describing Jews as "an elite people" which seemed to herald a turn for the worse. He did have an Arabist foreign policy, as you say, Adam.

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