Opinion Today: Why is there a Palestine double standard?

A novelist and poet asks why she must audition for empathy and compassion. 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Palestinians are constantly asked to “prove their innocence” and to condemn the actions of a terrorist group, she says, even in the midst of their own grief and a [rapidly escalating humanitarian crisis](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnHixIP0TWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudW5pY2VmdXNhLm9yZy9zdG9yaWVzL25vLXBsYWNlLXNhZmUtY2hpbGRyZW4tZ2F6YT9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDIzMTAyNyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMDYyNDcmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTQ4NDU4JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgplHEinO2WgpO6kUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~). She writes, “The real problem with condemnation is the quiet, sly tenor of the questions that accompany it: Palestinians are presumed violent — and deserving of violence — until proved otherwise.” Her words are especially resonant now, as America is gearing up to lend more [military support](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnHixIP0TQaHR0cHM6Ly90aW1lLmNvbS82MzI1MjQ3L3VzLW1pbGl0YXJ5LWFzc2lzdGFuY2UtaXNyYWVsLz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDIzMTAyNyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMDYyNDcmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTQ4NDU4JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgplHEinO2WgpO6kUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) to Israel in a war that could drag on indefinitely with more and more civilian casualties. When I first read Alyan’s draft, I was very moved, as I suspect anyone who’s ever had her identity questioned, misrepresented or even vilified might be. The experience I had reading it mirrors one of the lines in Alyan’s piece: “But in the end, I am undone not by silence or erasure but by empathy.” I hope that you are also moved by Alyan’s writing. [Read the guest essay here](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnHixIP0TeaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8xMC8yNS9vcGluaW9uL3BhbGVzdGluZS13YXItZW1wYXRoeS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjMxMDI3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEwNjI0NyZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNDg0NTgmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmUcSKc7ZaCk7qRSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~). [[Article Image] Illustration by Shoshana Schultz/The New York Times](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRnHixIP0TeaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8xMC8yNS9vcGluaW9uL3BhbGVzdGluZS13YXItZW1wYXRoeS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjMxMDI3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEwNjI0NyZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNDg0NTgmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmUcSKc7ZaCk7qRSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) [GUEST ESSAY The Palestine Double Standard The task of the Palestinian is to audition for empathy and compassion. To prove that we deserve it. 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