Those Compassionate Israelis

Israel has again shown that it doesn't give one whit for social justice if Jews aren't the oppressed party.

Last night, Israel sent a group of migrants back to Egypt. Included were about 50 refugees from Darfur.

You would think that Israel would be particularly sensitive to human rights given the experience of Jews in World War II. This of course has not been the case. Not only does Israel oppress the Palestinians with glee, but they show no interest in hosting refugees from other conflicts.

While there are lots of wonderful Israelis who do make the connections between their own past and human rights today, as a whole I don't think there is a democratic country with such consistently disgusting policies. Even our own.