If the worst human rights abuse in the world is building an apartment building in the wrong place, so any mistake-- decisions made by my own city council may fit into that category--we in this room have heard such incredible human rights abuses that those who think that the only nation worthy of sanctions is one that builds apartment buildings in the wrong place is very--it is anti-Semitism, plain and simple.
Criticizes the focus on Israeli construction as a human rights abuse while ignoring larger issues.
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