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A Contemptible Comparison
(Ha'aretz) Editorial - The comparison drawn on Tuesday by Britain's foreign secretary, Jack Straw, between Iraq and Israel with respect to the violation of UN resolutions was contemptible. From the purely legal standpoint, there is no basis for Straw's charge. Israel, unlike Iraq, is not in violation of any Security Council decision. For all the harsh criticism that can be directed at Israel and its policies, no decent person would ever consider mentioning it in the same breath with Saddam Hussein's Iraq. In doing so, the British minister also demonstrated political stupidity, because his words will merely discomfit those in Israel who seek peace, and strengthen those who reject compromise because "the whole world is against us."