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PAUL NEWMAN MASTERCLASS: US-ISRAEL HYPOCRISY

Washington has long applied double standards when it comes to the rule of law, particularly in relation to Israel.

In this 1983 video, actor Paul Newman brings up another hard-to-argue-against example. The U.S. downplayed Israel’s downing of Libyan-Arab Airline Flight 114 in 1973, but caused an uproar when the Soviet Union downed Korean Airlines Flight 007 in 1983. The incident was used to justify astronomical US defence spending.

Well, forward wind to today and not a lot has changed. While demanding Russia’s president is prosecuted for war crimes in Ukraine, the US defends Israel’s war on Gaza, despite the ICJ warning of plausible genocide.

Watch Paul Newman get a round of applause on the Phil Donahue show, as he highlights Washington’s selective moral outrage.

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