@Walter Hinteler,
Walter Hinteler wrote:
Israel’s activities in the occupied territories resulted in the deaths of 2,314 Palestinians and 17,125 injuries last year, compared with 39 deaths and 3,964 injuries in 2013, according to the annual report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
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How many deaths have occurred in Ukraine or Chechnya or Georgia as a result of Russian actions? Similar issues of local threats from alleged discordant neighbors were the issues in these areas as well. Western European Powers don't appear to be equally incensed about that.
I agree that Israel is guilty of excesses against the Palestinians, some done in situations in which there was much less risk to themselves than exists today. However, I believe that public indignation over that is becoming a good deal higher when Israel is the offending party than most other offenders (and in todays world many grotesque offenses abound). Why is that ??? I believe this is a question that Europeans in particular should address to themselves.
As the creators of the legacy of misery that exists in the post colonial Mideast, the British and French should be particularly silent on the present suituation.