padib said: Another point I need to mention. After sanctioning Russia to hell and back, if we want to stop children from dying, why is Israel not being sanctioned? Explain that to me. |
Here's a big reason why
Gaza is a big weapons test lab and many countries are importing tested weapons from Israel. Many countries are also addicted to the spy software Israel develops like Pegasus.
https://vsquare.org/pegasus-spyware-poland-hungary-slovakia-romania/
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/tech-news/2022-04-05/ty-article-magazine/nso-pegasus-spyware-file-complete-list-of-individuals-targeted/0000017f-ed7a-d3be-ad7f-ff7b5a600000
Plus Israel has a lot of control over US politics, the USA is firmly behind Israel and even more countries depend on good relations with the USA.
Sanctioning Russia is fine for the West (well mostly, gas is an issue), sanctioning Israel is going against the USA and risk being left out of those 'fun' oppression technologies and weapons Israel exports.