(Ynet News) Manfred Gerstenfeld - The Cambridge dictionary defines a double standard as: "A rule or standard of good behavior which unfairly some people are expected to follow or achieve, but others are not." The use of double standards against Jews has been at the heart of anti-Semitism throughout the centuries. The targeted killing of Osama bin Laden by the U.S. in 2011 was praised by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. The killing of Hamas leader Sheikh Yassin in 2004 by Israel was condemned by then-Secretary General Kofi Annan. The Arab states convened an emergency special session of the General Assembly regarding Israel's building of condominiums on Har Homa hill in Jerusalem. No such emergency sessions were called when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan or Czechoslovakia, when Vietnam invaded Cambodia, or when Turkey invaded Cyprus.
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