The death toll in Syria recently surpassed 170,000; in Gaza it topped 1,000. Although each of these individual deaths is a tragedy of infinite proportions, Israel’s supporters often ask why there is such disproportionate focus on the far fewer casualties in its war and so little, relatively speaking, on the much deadlier Syrian conflict?
An answer I often hear is, “We expect more of Israel; it’s supposed to be like us.”
In many ways Israel is “like us.” CONT.
Mark Mellman (Mellman Group), The Hill