Israel: We are not as bad as Iran, or Syria

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Israel dismisses 'flytilla' protest, pointing to human rights abuses in Syria, Iran

Israel denied entry and deported several dozen pro-Palestinian activists who arrived at Ben Gurion Airport on Sunday, as fears of a mass confrontation at the country’s main international gateway prompted a deployment of hundreds of police and security personnel.

With turmoil in the region dominating the international agenda and diplomacy on Palestinian statehood mothballed, the vacuum in the Israeli-Palestinian struggle is being filled by the civil disobedience of a limited but creative band of local and foreign activists. After today's round, both sides claimed victory in what many observers said was mainly a public relations battle.

Palestinian organizers of the "Welcome to Palestine Campaign," argued that Israel’s refusal of the activists focused attention on claims of injustice in the West Bank and contradicted Israel’s boast of being the only democracy in the region. The Israeli government said it blocked activists bent on delegitimizing the Jewish state and sowing chaos, and mocked the activists for supposedly ignoring human rights violations in Syria.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the activists of treating the Jewish state with a double standard. "If they want to examine the issue of human rights, they should go to Syria … they should go to Gaza … they should go to Iran," he said in a statement. "After that round of study, they should come here and we’ll talk with them."

The prime minister’s office on Saturday said it planned to send a letter sarcastically thanking activists for “choosing” Israel as the focus of their humanitarian concerns.

http://www.minnpost.com/christian-science-monitor/2012/04/israel-dismisses-flytilla-protest-pointing-human-rights-abuses-syr

[Obama 2012 1,714]

So many problems would be solved if we'd just drop a nuke on that border and be done with it.

[mawilson 2,133]

So many problems would be solved if we'd just drop a nuke on that border and be done with it.

Or in DC, but that's not a real solution, is it?

[Obama 2012 1,714]

Or in DC, but that's not a real solution, is it?

It is, but not the one most are looking for.