THIS IS ADDRESSED TO ISRAEL'S HUMAN RIGHTS CRITICS.
IT IS AN AID TO HELP THEM IN THEIR CAMPAIGN - SO DO PLEASE PASS IT ON TO THEM.
THIS IS AN ASSESSMENT OF ISRAEL'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD FROM THE VIEW FROM HERE.
ISRAEL DOES NOT EXECUTE ITS OWN CITIZENS AS IS DONE IN SO MANY COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE USA.
ISRAEL DOES NOT KILL ITS OWN CITIZENS FOR THE CRIME OF PUBLIC PROTEST AS COUNTRIES SUCH AS IRAN DO BY PRISON CELL BEATINGS OR HANGINGS.
ISRAEL DOES NOT PUBLICLY STONE WOMEN TO DEATH AS THEY DID IN AFGHANISTAN AND IS ROUTINELY PRACTISED IN COUNTRIES SUCH AS SAUDI ARABIA AND IRAN.
ISRAEL DOES NOT WHIPLASH GIRLS AS A PUNISHMENT FOR BEING RAPED AS THEY DO IN MANY MUSLIM COUNTRIES.
ISRAEL DOES NOT CUT OFF THE HANDS OF YOUNG BOYS FOR STEALING AS THEY DO IN SEVERAL MUSLIM COUNTRIES.
ISRAEL DOES NOT HANG ANYONE FOR BEING HOMOSEXUAL.
IN FACT, ISRAELI HOMOSEXUALS REACH THE HIGHEST RANKS IN OUR POLITICAL, CULTURAL, AND ACADEMIC LIFE.
ISRAEL DOES NOT SHUT DOWN ITS FREE PRESS OR MEDIA FOR CRITICISING OR CHALLENGING THE COUNTRY'S LEADERSHIP, AS THEY DO IN VENEZUELA, IRAN, SAUDI ARABIA, INDONESIA, BURMA, AND MANY MORE COUNTRIES.
ISRAEL DOES NOT TEACH ITS CHILDREN RACIAL HATRED AND INCITEMENT TO VIOLENCE AS THEY ROUTINELY DO IN PALESTINAN STATE SCHOOLS AND MUSLIM MADRASSAHS WORLDWIDE.
ISRAEL DOES NOT USE ITS CITIZENS AS HUMAN SHIELDS.
ISRAEL DOES NOT DELIBERATELY TARGET CIVILIANS AS THEY REGULARLY DO IN PALESTINE, IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, SUDAN, AND OTHER VIOLENT REGIMES.
THE ABOVE LISTS THE NEGATIVE 'DOES NOT'S OF ISRAEL'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD.
NOW LET ME LIST WHAT ISRAEL DOES DO IN HUMAN RIGHTS.
ISRAEL ALLOWS CITIZENS OF ALL FAITHS, MINORITIES, WOMEN TO VOTE.
ISRAEL ALLOWS ALL ITS CITIZENS, INCLUDING ITS ARAB CITIZENS TO TAKE LEADING POSITIONS IN ITS SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, LEGISLATURE, COURTS, KNESSET, AND ALL FACTORS OF A FREE AND OPEN SOCIETY.
ISRAEL PERMITS PEOPLE OF ALL RELIGIONS TO FREELY PRACTICE THEIR FAITH.
GO TRY FIND A JEW OR A SYNAGOGUE IN SAUDI ARABIA, DUBAI, ABU DHABI, AND MANY OTHER ISLAMIC COUNTRY.
ISRAEL HAS A SUPREME COURT THAT IS NOT ONLY AVAILABLE TO ITS OWN CITIZENS, BUT ALSO TO ANY PALESTINIAN WITH A GRIEVANCE AGAINST ISRAEL.
FIND ME ANY PALESTINIAN COURT WILLING TO ACCEPT A CLAIM FROM AN ISRAELI TERROR VICTIM AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, HAMAS, INDIVIDUALS, OR ANY OF THE NUMEROUS TERROR ORGANISATIONS THERE.
ISRAEL HAS A FREE PRESS.
ISRAEL HAS NGO'S WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE IN LIFE IS TO INVESTIGATE, CRITICISE, AND PURSUE LEGAL REMEDIES AGAINST THE STATE.
DOES THIS EXIST IN ANY ARAB OR ISLAMIC REGIME? IT CERTAINLY DOES NOT HAPPEN IN IRAN, SAUDI ARABIA, SYRIA, GAZA, ETC.
ISRAEL ALLOWS FREE SPEECH.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU ALLOWED AN ISRAELI OFFICIAL TO SPEAK FREELY IN YOUR UNIVERSITY?
YOU EAGERLY PERMIT ISLAMIC RADICALS THAT ADVOCATE SUICIDE BOMBINGS ON TO YOUR CAMPUS BUT NOT MEMBERS OF A DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY.
WHY DON'T YOU ALLOW THEM THE BASIC HUMAN RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH?
OR IS IT ONLY VIOLENT HATE SPEECH THAT YOU SUPPORT AND PRACTISE?
SO, IF IT IS ONLY AGAINST ISRAEL THAT YOU DEMONSTRATE AND PROTEST, I HAVE ONLY ONE THING TO SAY...
SHUT UP AND GET YOURSELF AN EDUCATION !
UNTIL YOU DO, YOUR BIAS AND, YES, YOUR ANTI-SEMITISM IS SHOWING.
FOR TO CRITICISE ISRAEL SOLELY AND TO REMAIN SILENT AGAINST THE REAL HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN THIS WORLD LEADS ME TO THE INEVITABLE AND ONLY CONCLUSION I CAN DRAW FROM YOUR VENOM AGAINST US.
YOU'RE AN ANTI-SEMITE.............
AND THAT IS A HUMAN RIGHTS CRIME!
BARRY SHAW
THE VIEW FROM HERE
ISRAEL
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