Israelophobia is the one hatred that polite society embraces

[Zephyr]

Israelophobia is the one hatred that polite society embraces

What’s with Israelophobia? From one point of view, the Jewish state shouldn’t matter very much. Accounting for just a quarter of 1 per cent of the Middle East, its area is the size of Wales, with a population the size of London.

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What’s with Israelophobia? From one point of view, the Jewish state shouldn’t matter very much. Accounting for just a quarter of 1 per cent of the Middle East, its area is the size of Wales, with a population the size of London.

Despite all the controversies, it is the only liberal democracy in the region. It’s not particularly violent; in its 75-year history, its conflicts with the Arab world have claimed 86,000 lives. The 2003 Iraq invasion killed 600,000 people in three years.

It is not a bad place to live. Its health system is excellent, its economy thriving. It is ranked above Britain and the United States for freedom of expression and, according to the UN, is the fourth happiest country in the world, behind only Finland, Denmark and Iceland.

 

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Israel could have a parcel of land the size of a grave plot and the rest of the world would be screaming for them to surrender it.

Israel could pull up stakes and relocate to a planet on the literal other side of the universe, even in another universe altogether, and folks out there would be demanding they cede it to Islam and cease to exist.

Hyperbole? Yes, it is. But I also think not all that far from the mark, TBH.