The Intercept, the Israeli Lobby and Selective Ethics

https://theintercept.com/2017/10/13/kansas-israel-boycott-bds-mennonite-church/

The story is merited in that it attests to the tremendous power wielded by the Israel lobby which continues to shape and affect legislation. The growing movement challenging Israel has been a cause for concern for the leaders of the Zionist state.

If anti-Israeli sentiment becomes an election issue, one in which politicians are afraid to stand with Israel due to a fear of lost votes, then Israel also runs the risk of cuts in financial assistance, weapons sales and the like.

Heavily dependent on the United States they and segments of the Jewish population in America pour money into Washington to make sure that whatever the party, whatever the administration, America will stand with Israel.

The part I found to be more than a little hypocritical on the part of The Intercept is that they would express concern that the schoolteacher was just trying to follow the teaching of her Church.

Sorry but I don't believe for a moment that if it were a different situation and a different issue that The Intercept would care or express moral outrage.

If for example she faced job loss because she was just following her Church in refusing teach homosexual ethics, I highly doubt The Intercept would grant her a sympathetic hearing let alone call attention to her plight in one of their articles. The violation of her freedom of speech and religion would not be of concern.

There's outrage when it affect their viewpoint. I might say the same but then again I don't argue in terms of universal human rights or international law that should be binding on everyone. That's the standard which often governs their work, the lens through which they criticise the actions of governments and corporations. This is where I think a non-Christian ethic, one based on subjective criteria falls absolutely flat. As is often the case it is usually exposed or revealed by means of a double-standard or hypocrisy.