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Granted, radical Third World types have an infuriating tendency to condemn Israel for abuses that pale before those committed in Arab states and most of the nations on Earth, for that matter. But that's no reason to tar those who believe that Israel should be held to a higher standard (it being completely dependent on the U.S. for its survival and all) with the brush of anti-Semitism...
...Visiting Kuwait on April 22, Secretary of State James Baker confirmed human-rights violations there -- indirectly."The Crown Prince made clear that there were human-rights abuses following the early days of the liberation," said Baker. He did not publicly condemn those violations on behalf of the U.S. A month later, human-rights workers said they had evidence of continuing abuses, many committed by Kuwaiti officials...
...Ayatullah pleaded with Iraq's Shi'ites to exercise moderation. The old man, who is over 90, even traveled from Najaf to Baghdad to speak with Saddam. According to diplomats in the capital, the government promised to release six members of Khoei's family if the Ayatullah would condemn the rebellion on Iraqi television. He did so, but rather than deliver on his promise, Saddam double- crossed him, putting even more of his relatives behind bars...
When Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel's Coordinating Council voted (by an overwhelming majority) to condemn AALARM's hateful gay-bashing posters last week, it unleashed a torrent of ridiculously vitriolic criticism. AALARM has claimed that Hillel is "a political, PC hack group," and that it has been "subverted by a radical faction." No such thing. Hillel is simply acting in the Jewish tradition of upholding the sanctity of human life--all human life...
...easy to agree that rape is reprehensible. Even those who disagree about what defines the act of rape condemn it. What is not so easy to agree on is the definition of responsible sexual behavior: sexual behavior that does not lead to the violation of another human being...