Opinion  Ben-Dror Yemini
World’s silence on Syria is a license to kill
Ben-Dror Yemini
Published: 11.04.18, 12:09
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1. An older manifestation
Daniel Benshana ,   London   (04.11.18)
The liberal left has a problem with Israel that stems directly from the traditional antisemitism in Christian and Muslin families. They found berating Jews a bit difficult after 1946 but not berating Israel as the War faded a little and a 'new world' was born. The transmutation of antisemitism into anti-Israeli is really stark when you look at the easy antisemitic ideas, writing and news a hundred years ago across the West. That level of hostility all attacks Israel today - except in the last five years as fascism has once again found voice. Now the antisemite has two targets - the traditional one and the new Israeli one.
2. "World silence"???? LMAO, Israel is just a few kilometers,,
Julius ,   Baltimore, USA   (04.11.18)
from this beast. As long as Assad is OK with the settlers being in the Golan Heights and US/Israel oil drilling in the Heights, he can kill up a half a million of his own people and destroy the country. What leader destroys his own country, kills his own people and remains in power?
3. This right-wing auto-response doesn't always work....
Shachar ,   Eilat   (04.11.18)
Rolling out the same arguments after every incident is not only very boring it has nothing to do reality. Nobody gives a damn about the Palestinians, they didn't make news anywhere and they will continue to rot in the same sewer they built for themselves. On the other hand the chemical attack made headlines around the world with loads of fake concern, UN resolutions etc ...it may even earn Assad a military retaliation, something that is never going to happen to Israel. Save the self pity, the reality is Palestinians: old news- nobody cares. Syria: headline news- about to get slapped. And really, what do we care about Syrians killing each other??
4. Western media who criticise IL are $ BRIBED by certain Arab
Alan   (04.11.18)
States. If not why is there such an outcry over Gazans trying to cross into Israel to murder and pillage Jews. They use Ambulances as personel carriers and that Journalist was a Hamas man!I saw a whole Pallywood make up studio to film so called wounds by Israel Soldiers
5. So called "rebels" are the ones who produce chemical weapons
ironbutterfly ,   Naples, FL   (04.11.18)
The Syrian opposition thugs (aka "rebels") who are affiliated with ISIS, are the ones who produce chemical weapons with support from US, to use them on Syrian population, in order to blame Assad. WHY would Assad use chemical weapons on its own people ?????? There is not a single logical reason for him to do that. The only REAL GOOD reason to do so is of course the thugs, the "rebels", who are murderers of the first kind, and whom Israel supports as an american proxy.
6. Yemini: Good article, good points
Rafi ,   US   (04.11.18)
7. the world is obsessed with porn stars
C   (04.11.18)
much of the world thinks that trump is the villain, not butcher assad,
not genocidal shia terror regime, not poisoner putin.
this is true of the liberal western press.
the election of obama has unleashed an unprecedented propaganda
war against all people considered to be on the right.
never before has a us president been accused openly of
treasonous conspiracy with an enemy state.
in this day and age, journalists openly take sides against
their president and openly insult him and his family.
they exploit their right to free speech and free press
to carry out a character assassination of the president
and act as the propaganda arm of the left.
so, no, the world does not care about gassed children
in syria or any crimes against humanity.
8. The inacton of the UN
George Weiss ,   Teaneck, N.J., USA   (04.12.18)
And the impotent UN does nothing, not even a statement r condemnation. It should be disbanded before it is taken over completely by "bad countries" Shows the world has not learned the lessons of WwII at all.
9. Another False Flag gas attack by Opposition
Rich ,   Toronto   (04.13.18)
forces against Assad. The only way they can keep the US in Syria is to gas their own people and blame the Syrian government. Of course, the whole Western World believes the government did it without any proof being presented. Just like they believed that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. The US and their Allies have killed a lot of people on false information.
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