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'7-1 Is Disproportionate' - Israeli Spokesman Responds To Brazilian Criticism Of Gaza War

Conor Neville
By Conor Neville
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Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor responded to the decision of Brazil to recall its ambassador to Israel by dubbing the country a 'diplomatic dwarf' and referencing the country's 7-1 defeat to Germany in the World Cup.

Israel's response is perfectly proportionate and in accordance with international law. This is not football. In football, a draw is a proportionate scoreline. 7-1 is a disproportionate scoreline. Sorry to say, but this not so in real life and under international law.

To translate this rather confused sounding statement, Palmor's point was that the rate of casualties on either side in a conflict is not equivalent to the scoreline in a game of football. So, while 7-1 might seem a disproportionate scoreline, the differences in the casualty rate between the Palestinians and the Israeli's were not, in Palmor's view, disproportionate.

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