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Source: http://observer.com/2015/10/double-standards-and-double-speak-pits-the-us-against-israel/
Double Standards and Doublespeak
(New York Observer) Micah Halpern - On Oct. 21, a man wielding a knife lunged at a border patrol officer. The assailant was shot four times. Did you hear about this incident? Probably not. That's because the incident took place not in Israel, where all incidents of this type are recorded and broadcast around the world, but at the U.S.-Mexican border crossing in Calexico, California. This incident did not make international headlines. There was no outcry and no rage for the poor guy even after details emerged that he was denied entry into the U.S. and that was why he went on his rampage. Israel is showing great restraint - especially because they are the people being attacked. Most of the Palestinians who have died were killed in the midst of an act of terror. Shooting someone who wants to take your life is as correct and appropriate a response at the border between California and Mexico as it is in the clash between terrorist Palestinians and Israeli citizens.