Peter Beinart is wrong: Palestinian hostility to Israel is frequently anti-Semitic

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79. DU is mainly a forum for people who support the values of American Democratic Party.

Most people here are quite familiar with the American legal system and how the American constitution works, so it's natural to refer to the standards people know. It doesn't really matter, as the American and European views on civil rights are quite similar. Discrimination in the US is discrimination in Europe and vice versa.

All laws and court decisions in the EU are subjected to the articles in the European Convention on Human Rights, which provides a set of rights that no EU court is allowed to go against. If any person has had their rights violated by a EU court or authority, that person has the right to take their case to the European Court of Human Rights. It means that even if there are different laws in different EU countries, they still have to use the same minimum standards. Compared to constitutional civil liberties in the US, I think that the European Convention on Human Rights goes farther and is somewhat easier to interpret.

I'm actually quite familiar with the European Convention on Human Rights and its application, but I would prefer the American comparison, at least on DU. My point still stands, though - American standards for what constitutes discrimination should be applied to Israel too.