Israeli forces kill medic, wound 100 protesters in Gaza unrest, Palestinian ministry

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Part of the problem, I think, with criticism of Israel in the West is a fear of being labelled anti-semitic.  Frequently criticism of Israel has led to others immediately jumping on the "nazi" or "Jew hater" bandwagon and attempting to denigrate the person to shut them up.

It has happened to me.  Once to the point where I emailed the Simon Weisenthal Centre asking them if they considered criticism of Israel to be anti-semitic (and included exactly what I had said).

To their credit they got back to me fairly promptly that what I said was not construed as anti-semitic in any way.

But you will still get Israel apologists screaming racism at anything they perceive as criticism of their favourite nation.  And many people in the West, politicians in particular, avoid criticism for that reason.

And remember, every time there has been a vote to criticise Israel or impose sanctions, the US plays it's magical  VETO card.

Israel got the whole weight of the British & American media backing its formation during & after WW2, after all it was the strong corner for Britian, France & Russia in the Sykes-Picot treaty, and then it became the American bunker in the Middle East. It's the tip of the spear now for any American plan to harvest the Middle East off its resources, Trump's "ultimate deal" is just an example of that.