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Why so many struggle to empathize with Israel

By Dan Hannan
Published October 30, 2023 5:00am ET
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Why so many struggle to empathize with Israel
After 9/11, we were all Americans. After the 2015 Charlie Hebdo atrocity, “Je suis Charlie.” When Boko Haram kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls, the world wanted to #BringBackOurGirls. But Israel? That’s different. There have, it’s true, been a few vigils, but participation has been sparse, especially from non-Jews. Very different from the massive pro-Palestinian demonstrations across the […]


After 9/11, we were all Americans. After the 2015 Charlie Hebdo atrocity, “Je suis Charlie.” When Boko Haram kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls, the world wanted to #BringBackOurGirls. But Israel? That’s different.

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