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From JNS:
The Palestinian Authority on Monday condemned attempts by Jewish activist groups to sound the shofar on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, calling the ram’s horn a “dangerous tool” used by Israel to assert sovereignty.The P.A.’s Jerusalem Governorate warned in a statement that the Jewish tradition of sounding the shofar throughout the Hebrew month of Elul is “no longer a passing religious ritual, but has become one of the most dangerous tools of the occupation to impose its alleged sovereignty.”The statement denounced attempts to sound the shofar on the Temple Mount as a “direct assault” on the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and said it held Israel’s government “fully responsible for repercussions.”
That last sentence is a pre-emptive "get out of jail free" card. What they are saying is "our people have no self control, and if you do anything to upset them and they go on murderous riots, then it is your fault."
Notice that this logic is only one way. Israeli Jews are never expected to get angry enough to go on violent rampages, and if any individuals do they are roundly condemned. But here the condemnation is of the victims, not the violent rioters.
The upshot is that Palestinians can declare literally anything to be a grave insult to them or to Islam, and therefore the rest of the world must pander to their every desire and ensure that they never get angry. Which is difficult when they routinely declare "Days of Rage" for whatever reason seems convenient at the time.
This way of thinking has become so mainstream that no one even questions it anymore. Which means that double standards against Jews in Israel is now part of the fabric of civilization.
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