Israel-haters’ selective outrage exposes the hypocrisy of their lies

Nypost · 🇮🇱 public Israel · May 28, 2026 · 765 words · By Victor Davis Hanson

Double Standards in Geopolitics Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Antisemitism

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What to know about Double Standards in Geopolitics

7, 2023, we have been lectured nonstop about the supposedly singular sins of Israel.

Claims checked 13

Techniques found 5

Topics 3

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What happened

7, 2023, we have been lectured nonstop about the supposedly singular sins of Israel.

Why it matters

The campuses, the left-wing media and Democratic socialist officials, following the cue of student activists and leftist professors, have painted Israel and its Jewish supporters as Nazis, fascists and among the worst murderers in today’s bloody world.

Common ground

The medieval-style massacre of 1,200 Jews in their homes on Oct.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Whataboutism: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

Follow-up questions

What new context would change how readers understand this Double Standards in Geopolitics story?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, an immigrant from Uganda with family roots in India?
How does this story connect Double Standards in Geopolitics with Israeli-Palestinian Conflict over the next few days?

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eFinder identified 5 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 90% confidence

Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.

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Name Calling / Labeling 85% confidence

Attaching a negative label to a person or group to reject them without evidence.

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Whataboutism 100% confidence

Deflecting criticism by pointing to a different issue.

Why it matters: Recognizing whataboutism helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.

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Exaggeration / Hyperbole 80% confidence

Overstating facts or claims to create a stronger emotional response.

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Appeal to Hypocrisy 90% confidence

Dismissing someone's argument because their behavior contradicts it.

Why it matters: Recognizing appeal to hypocrisy helps readers compare the article's framing with the underlying facts and with coverage from other sources.

fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, an immigrant from Uganda with family roots in India”

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Wikipedia and the official NYC Mayor's office site confirm Zohran Mamdani became the 112th mayor of New York City on January 1, 2026.

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web search NEUTRAL — Zohran Kwame Mamdani[c] (born October 18, 1991) is an American politician who has served since January 2026 as the 112th mayor of New York City. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Soc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zohran_Mamdani

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web search NEUTRAL — Zohran Mamdani has served as the 112th [1] mayor of New York City since January 1, 2026. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, Mamdani was elected mayor in the 202…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayoralty_of_Zohran_Mamdani

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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as Mayor of the City of New York on January 1st, 2026. Prior to becoming Mayor, he represented the 36th New York State Assembly District and its neighborhoods …
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office

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Claim 2: “French repressive measures over the course of their 20th-century colonial occupation [of Chad] led to as many as 300,000 deaths”

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Claim 3: “The medieval-style massacre of 1,200 Jews in their homes on Oct. 7”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists only of dictionary definitions for the word 'approximately' and general Wikipedia entries about Jews and the Holocaust. There is no specific evidence provided in the search results regarding the October 7 attacks or the death toll of 1,200.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — American Jews (Hebrew: יהודים אמריקאים, romanized: Yehudim Amerikaim; Yiddish: אמעריקאנער אידן, romanized: Amerikaner Idn) or Jewish Americans are American citizens who are Jewish, whether by ethnicit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Jews

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jews (Hebrew: יְהוּדִים‎, ISO 259-2: Yehudim, Israeli pronunciation: [jehuˈdim]), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of ancient Israel and Ju…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Holocaust, known in Hebrew as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. From 1941 to 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered around six million Jew…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holocaust

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Claim 4: “Turkey invaded Cyprus in 1974 and ethnically cleansed Northern Cyprus of its Greek inhabitants”

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Wikipedia and web results confirm the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974 and the subsequent occupation of Northern Cyprus.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A military coup d'état sponsored by the Greek military junta was executed by the Cypriot National Guard on 15 July 1974. The coup plotters removed the sitting President of Cyprus, Archbishop Makarios …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_Cypriot_coup_d'état

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Northern Cyprus, officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), is a de facto state comprising the northern third of the island of Cyprus. It is recognised only by Turkey, with the interna…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Cyprus

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — About half of the population of Northern Cyprus is made up of Turks who have settled in Northern Cyprus since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974 and their descendants (not including Turkish soldie…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_settlers_in_Northern_C…

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Claim 5: “between 1915 and 1920, the Turkish government conducted a genocidal policy of ethnic cleansing against its Armenian population”

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Multiple Wikipedia entries and web search results explicitly confirm the systematic destruction and genocide of the Armenian population by the Ottoman government starting in 1915.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_genocide

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Armenians in Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Ermenileri; Armenian: Թուրքահայեր or Թրքահայեր, T’urk’ahayer, 'Turkish Armenians'), one of the indigenous peoples of Turkey, have an estimated population of 40,00…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenians_in_Turkey

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hidden Armenians (Armenian: թաքնված հայեր, romanized: t’ak’nvats hayer; Turkish: Gizli Ermeniler) or crypto-Armenians (Kripto Ermeniler) is an umbrella term to describe Turkish citizens hiding their f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_Armenians

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Claim 6: “the Indian community in Uganda... makes up at most a wealthy 1% of the population”

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Claim 7: “Before the 1967 war, nearly 1 million Jews were living in the Arab and Muslim Middle East”

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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and Al Jazeera, confirm that approximately 800,000 to 1 million Jews lived in the Arab world prior to the establishment of Israel/the 1967 era.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mizrahi Jews (Hebrew: יהודי המִזְרָח), also known as Mizrahim (מִזְרָחִים) in plural and Mizrahi (מִזְרָחִי) in singular, and alternatively referred to as Oriental Jews or Edot HaMizrach (עֲדוֹת־הַמִּ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizrahi_Jews

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The early Muslim conquests or early Islamic conquests (Arabic: الْفُتُوحَاتُ الإسْلَامِيَّة, romanized: al-Futūḥāt al-ʾIslāmiyya), also known as the Arab conquests, were a series of religious wars ini…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Muslim_conquests

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Approximately 900,000 Jews migrated, fled, or were expelled from Muslim-majority countries throughout Africa and Asia in the 20th century, primarily as a consequence of the establishment of the State …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_exodus_from_the_Muslim_…

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Claim 8: “The wealthiest man in Uganda is an Indian-Ugandan billionaire”

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Claim 9: “during the serial Arab-Israeli wars of the 20th century, they were almost entirely pushed out of those countries”

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Wikipedia and other web sources confirm that approximately 900,000 Jews migrated, fled, or were expelled from Muslim-majority countries in the 20th century, with only a small number remaining today.

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web search NEUTRAL — Approximately 900,000 Jews migrated, fled, or were expelled from Muslim-majority countries throughout Africa and Asia in the 20th century, primarily as a ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_exodus_from_the_Muslim_…

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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 2, 2021 ... Nowadays, it is estimated that only around 15,000 remain, as the majority of the Jewish population in Muslim lands were forced to flee their ...
https://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/news/the-expulsion-of…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jews and Jewish communities have existed in the Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf region in substantial numbers for more than 2,500 years - fully one ...
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2004_2009/documents/…

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Claim 10: “Between 1987 and 1989, the Somali Marxist dictator Mohamed Siad Barre began slaughtering entire rival Somali clans. The eventual death toll may have reached nearly 200,000.”

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While the evidence confirms Mohamed Siad Barre was a dictator and that conflict occurred in 1988, the provided snippets do not explicitly confirm the specific death toll of 200,000 or the specific timeframe of 1987-1989 for these specific massacres.

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web search NEUTRAL — A destroyed M47 Patton in Somaliland, left behind wrecked from the Somaliland War of Independence. In 1988, Siad Barre and Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Civil_War

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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 31, 2025 ... Few Americans know that after the fall of Somalia's dictator Siyad Barre in 1991, most of his military and political lieutenants responsible ...
https://www.facebook.com/groups/3369924019957970/posts/42364…

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web search NEUTRAL — ... clan-based regime was itself clan-based. The turning point in the armed opposition to the dictatorship of Mohamed Siad Barre came in 1988. In that year ...
https://www.refworld.org/reference/countryrep/writenet/1995/…

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Claim 11: “Among those pro-Barre refugees were apparently members of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s family, including her father, a colonel and regimental commander in Barre’s army.”

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The provided evidence contains general lists of US representatives and home gym equipment, but no information regarding Rep. Ilhan Omar's father's military rank or role in Barre's army.

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web search NEUTRAL — This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of April 22, 2026, the 119th Congress). [1] . The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representative…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_United_State…

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web search NEUTRAL — REP Fitness is a home gym and commercial gym equipment supplier that specializes in strength and conditioning exercise equipment. No matter what space you're working out in, REP has you covered.
https://repfitness.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Find your local U.S. representative or congressman quickly with our easy-to-use search tool. Enter your city, address and zip code to locate your elected officials and members of Congress.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/find-my-representative/

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Claim 12: “Victor Davis Hanson is a distinguished fellow of the Center for American Greatness”

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Claim 13: “the more than 30,000 unarmed Iranians recently murdered by a theocratic dictatorship”

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