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I am an eighteen year-old girl. I don’t claim to be a political expert, and I don’t claim to understand everything that goes on in this crazy world. … But I am also passionate. I am moral. And I was raised to know the difference between right and wrong and to stand up for what I believe in.

I believe in the State of Israel, and I believe that the State of Israel has a right to exist. Furthermore, the State of Israel has a right to exist in peace, with a sense of security, and without tragedy befalling our people time and time again because there is someone who disagrees with my belief.

I don’t expect the world to share all of my beliefs. I understand that there are multiple opinions and multiple ways to live your life, and that what I think is right can be completely wrong to someone else, and that that’s okay. But when it comes to the existence of a group of people, whether a nation or a race or a religion, we need to draw a line. You don’t have to like these people. You don’t owe them anything, and so you don’t have to like them, or interact with them, or even respect them. But you DO have to allow them the right to exist. You owe them that much. …

When al-Qaeda members crashed planes into the twin towers, the world cried, “Terrorists!” But when two Arab terrorists enter a synagogue and gun down thirteen people before Israeli police eliminated them, the CNN shouts, “Bloodshed! Palestinians killed!“ …

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  An 18-year-old’s view on world’s, and media’s, double standard for Israel, WorldTribune.com