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Originally Posted by opendoor
I don't think it's odd or unexpected that people would criticize a democratic ally that is heavily supported by the west for their oppression more than some random dictatorship.
It's really not a mystery why people in the US or Canada would be more invested in Israel/Palestine than say, the Rohingya conflict in Myanmar. And it's not because of anti-Semitism.
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That explains more investment. But IMHO, it doesn’t explain orders of magnitude more investment.
Look at Turkey. Also a democratic ally that’s heavily supported by the West (a NATO member, even). And yet for decades its violent suppression of the Kurds has been a nothing-burger in the Western political circles where the Palestinian cause is championed and Israel vilified.