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streamofthesky posted...

In general, if someone seems to be criticizing Israel excessively compared to other countries for similar actions, holding Israel to a higher standard than its neighbors, or so on, it's likely based on anti-Semitism by the person, whether consciously or unconsciously.

There's a certain amount of backlash though, because Israel has always liked to project an image of itself as adhering to higher moral standards than its neighbours. The higher the standards that you claim for yourself, the further and harder your tumble from grace when you fall short of them. If you tell the world that you're an oasis of liberal democracy whose actions are always measured by restraint and fairness, expect people to shine a searchlight on your hypocrisy and judge you harshly for it if you shamelessly betray those principles.
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