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Beryl Wajsman: The double standard of outrage over treatment of flotilla activists

When Israel detains them, the whole world erupts; when Spanish police are filmed beating them, the silence is palpable

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The recent Gaza flotilla controversy has exposed, once again, the grotesque double standard that now passes for diplomacy.

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Israel detained and deported activists who tried to breach a naval blockade in a war zone. Whether one agrees or disagrees with Israel’s handling of the incident, the reaction was immediate, theatrical and global. Governments condemned Israel. Ambassadors were summoned. Israel was accused of violating human dignity and international law.

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