The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie Should Render the New Iran Deal Dead in the Water
A matter of national self-worth.
August 15, 2022
Sympathy for the victims of apartheid is no reason to turn a blind eye.
“In no other democratic country in the world,” writes Ben Cohen, “has anti-Zionism enjoyed the kind of mainstream success that it has in South Africa.” During the recent few days of fighting between Israel and Islamic Jihad, for instance, there was relatively little of the usual global uproar that surrounds such episodes—with South Africa being the exception, as the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party made a point of condemning the Jewish state and accusing it of apartheid. Cohen writes:
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The anti-Western, anti-democratic ideology of the self-appointed guardians of human rights.
Sympathy for the victims of apartheid is no reason to turn a blind eye.
Similarities, differences, and common origins.
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