Well said Nick. Turkey, in the same light, as no place to criticize Israel since it is also terrorizes domestic and foreign (Iraqi) Kurds and also practices ethnic cleansing policies.

There appears to be one common denominator when we discuss the major problems in the world today and it is Israel and its right to exist. This is a country that should have the right to exits in peace in the world and few would deny the struggle of the Jewish people in the world over the past centuries. But the struggles and persecutions of the Jewish people of the past does not give them the right to act unilaterally to the worlds laws, nor does it give them the right to behave is a clearly illegal fashion to other people of the Middle East. Not only to secure their territory but also to evict and annex the territory of their neighbors. A double standard has existed within the international community for a very long time when it comes to Israel. But the time for accountability has come. I am not anti Semitic, nor anti Arab, not anti anything. But the time for hatred must stop and Israel should lead by example. Not terror, hatred and violence.