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use of the word “kike” was also mentioned. In the Age of Non- Wisdom in which we live, many well-educated people (and, there- fore, often the least wise among us) think private speech reveals all you need to know about someone. But in truth, private speech may reveal nothing about people. If everything you or I said in private were revealed to the world, we could all be made to look awful. 9. The Washington Post reports that the president also said he would be open to more immi- grants from Asian countries. That would seem to invalidate the racism charge. Had he just met with the prime minister of Singapore, as he had with the prime minister of Norway, he may well have said we need more immigrants from Singapore. As the never-Trump editors of National Review editorialized, “What he was almost certainly trying to get at, in his typically confused way, is that we’d be bet- ter off with immigrants with high- er skills.” 10. The left has lost all credibil- ity in using the term “racist.” The University of California lists as an example of a “microaggression” the statement “There is only one race, the human race.” The left labels anyone who opposes race-based quotas, or all-black college dorms, or the Black Lives Matter movement “racist.” And it labeled President Trump’s Warsaw-speech call to preserve Western civilization a call to preserve white supremacy. The left has cried wolf so often that if real wolves ever show up, few will believe it. Dennis Prager is a syndicated radio talk show host, columnist, author and public speaker. refugees; UNRWA does not. When, in 1951, John Blanford, UNRWA’s then-director, proposed resettling up to 250,000 refugees in nearby Arab countries, those countries were enraged and refused, leading to his departure. The message got through. No UN official since has pushed for reset- tlement. Moreover, the UNRWA and UNHCR definitions of a refugee differ markedly. Whereas the UNHCR targets only those who’ve actually fled their home- lands, the UNRWA definition cov- ers “the descendants of persons who became refugees in 1948,” without any generational limita- tions. Fifth, Israel is the only country that has won all its major wars for survival and self-defense, yet is confronted by defeated adversaries who have insisted on dictating the terms of peace. I n doing so, ironically, they’ve found support from many coun- tries who, victorious in war them- selves, demanded — and, yes, got — border adjustments. Sixth, Israel is the only country in the world with a separate — and permanent — agenda item, Seven, at the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council. No other member state, includ- ing serial human-rights violators like North Korea, Syria, Iran, and Sudan, gets its own agenda item. Only the sole liberal democracy in the Middle East is treated in this blatantly biased manner because that’s the way it works — the bad guys circle the wagons to protect one another, and, at the same time, gang up on Israel, creating an automatic majority against it. Seventh, Israel is the only coun- try condemned by name this year at the World Health Organization annual assembly as a “violator” of health rights. T his canard takes place despite the fact that Israel provides world-class medical assistance to Syrians wounded in the country’s civil war and Palestinians living in Hamas-ruled Gaza; has achieved one of the world’s highest life expectancy rates for all its citizens, Jewish and non-Jewish alike; is among the very first medical responders to humanitarian crises wherever they may occur, from Haiti to Nepal; and is daily advancing the frontiers of medi- cine for everyone, something that can’t be said for too many other nations. Eighth, Israel is the only country that’s the daily target of three UN bodies established and staffed solely for the purpose of advanc- ing the Palestinian cause and bash- ing Israel — the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People; the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People; and the Division for Palestinian Rights in the UN’s Department of Political Affairs. Ninth, Israel is the only country annually targeted by up to 20 UN General Assembly resolutions and countless measures in other UN bodies, such as the Human Rights Council. Indeed, astonishingly, each year, Israel is on the receiving end of more such efforts than the other 192 UN member states combined. No one can seriously argue that this is remotely warranted, but it’s a reality because in every UN body, except the Security Council where each of the five permanent members has a veto, it’s all about majority voting. When close to two-thirds of the world’s nations today belong to the Non-Aligned Movement, and when they elect a country like Iran as its chair, with Venezuela on deck, that just about says it all. And Tenth, Israel is the only country targeted by the BDS (boy- cott, divestment, and sanctions) movement. Has anyone seen any significant campus activity that takes aim at true human rights offenders, including some in Israel’s neigh- borhood, who behead, forcibly con- vert, and expel Christians; drop chemically-laced barrel bombs on civilians; deny Palestinians full rights; and use capital punishment, including for minors, with aban- don? Has any student group tried to prevent undergraduates from trav- eling to any country other than Israel, as was the case with a recent “pledge” circulated at UCLA? Has anyone seen any flotillas or flytillas organized by European far- left groups that don’t involve an anti-Israel angle? Has anyone seen movements for companies to pull out of any coun- try other than Israel? Turkey, as but one example, has brazenly and unjustifiably occupied one-third of the island nation of Cyprus for 41 years, deployed an estimated 40,000 Turkish troops there, and transferred countless set- tlers fromAnatolia, yet there’s not a peep against Ankara from those who purport to act in the name of “justice” and against “occupation.” G iven political realities, tack- ling any of these instances of egregious double standards and blatant hypocrisy can be a daunting challenge. And, still worse, this list is not complete. The old advertisement pro- claimed that you don’t have to be Jewish to love Levy’s Jewish rye bread. Well, surely, you don’t have to be a pro-Israel activist to be trou- bled by the grotesquely unjust treat- ment of Israel. All it takes is a capacity for moral outrage that things like this are happening today. David Harris is chief executive officer of the American Jewish Committee. And Tenth, Israel is the only country targeted by the BDS (boycott, divestment, and sanctions) movement. 26 JEWISH WORLD • JANUARY 26 - FEBRUARY 1, 2018 the policies of the Austrian govern- ment or the FPO. Noticeably, the EU remained silent on the FPO being a member of the coalition in contrast to its critical posture 17 years ago when the far more radi- cal FPO then led by Haider was in government and it encouraged European governments to impose sanctions on Austria. Other than the Eastern European states, Israel has no allies in the EU, which is now notorious for its shameless bias and double stan- dards against the Jewish state. Under such circumstances, sub- ject to the Austrian government coalition adhering in practice as well as in word to their policy statements concerning Jews, Israel should maintain relations with the Austrian government. There are those who say that by doing so, Israel is providing a fig leaf to fascists. This is nonsense. The reason for this relationship is that the new government has pledged to combat anti-Semitism and purge Jew-baiters from its midst. That does not mean that Israel endorses its other policies. This has nothing to do with morality. It is common sense. We need not be concerned by what critics claim are their intentions. They must be judged by their actions and poli- cies. However, Israel is obliged to remain vigilant and should any manifestations of anti-Semitism emerge, it must speak out and if necessary terminate relations with parties that revert to or toler- ate anti-Semitism. Likud MK Yehuda Glick, who met Strache in Israel, was quoted in the Israeli media criticizing his government’s policy, stating that “boycotting them because of their past is like boycotting Christians because of the Inquisition.” He also noted that Israel had no qualms in dealing with the previ- ous Austrian government despite its members identifying with Hamas. The fact is that we do not boy- cott left-wing governments that appease Muslim extremists, most of whom lead the anti-Semitic packs. Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other countries have not dis- avowed and purged their ranks from anti-Semites but nobody suggests that we cannot cooperate with them on mutual objectives and confront common enemies. M any cynically describe this as realpolitik. In truth, it is acting in our self-interest. Besides, these anti-immigration groups are likely to become more powerful in the months to come and many may follow the lead of FPO and assume power. Of course, the emotions con- cerning the Holocaust make it particularly difficult to cooperate with those preceded by fascists. But if members of the new gener- ation publicly repudiate the crimes of their antecedents and practice what they preach, Israel would be making a major long- term blunder to spurn their sup- port. Isi Leibler is a columnist for the Jerusalem Post and Israel Hayom. (Jews) regard these populist parties as incubators for anti-Semitism, as well as anti-Muslim sentiment. Language continued from page 12 Target continued from page 5 Parties continued from page 6