Israel is not "the Jews".

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66. What higher standard is that?

We sanction Russia for occupation. We sanction north Korea for developing nuclear weapons outside of the NPT. we sanction and disarm Syria when civilian casualties get so high even the US can't stomach them. We've kept an embargo on Cuba for fifty years because their government favored a now-defunct state over us. We sanction and commit acts of war against Iran because they seek their rights within the NPT.

Tell me what penalties we have levied on Israel due to its actions against the Palestinians. or its illegal annexation of Golan. or its invasion of and attempted separation of Lebanon back in the 80's. Its use of other nation's passports to commit assassinations and acts of terrorism in third party nations. its internal deportations of Bedouin Arabs from towns it wants to - in the government's terms - "Judaicize." The use of DIME weapons and flechettes against civilian populations. The ongoing illegal annexation of the west bank. The mining of southern lebanon during Israel's 2000 withdraw.

I'm sure that the taxing weight of sanctions, military interventions, embargoes, UN peacekeeping occupations, mandatory disarmament, and imposition of no-fly zones across Israel is bringing that poor little country to its knees.

Right?