President-elect Trump

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Is it a problem that enormous one-sided attention is paid to Israel by Europe when actual genocides are happening elsewhere and nobody bats an eye?

Eyes are batted, sanctions are imposed, but that's beside the point. There were genocides happening in the world during apartheid South Africa, but I don't begrudge the people who pushed the boycotts against them.

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

The Brits are in the same boat we are, forgetting Israel is an ally, not a friend.

I think there's a divide in people's attitudes on this subject: do you hold your friends and allies to a higher standard than others, or do you let friends and allies slide? I think the fact that South Africa was a friend and ally fueled the opposition to apartheid in the West, while if they were some dictatorship mistreating their people as dictatorships do, it wouldn't have made as much news.