We had an interesting Twitter conversation with New York Times columnist Peter Beinart. In his recent column, Peter objected to US secondary sanctions on Iran, saying it would harm civilians. But he recently wrote an entire book about how the world should put sanctions on Israel.
Why the difference? Do Israeli civilians not also deserve protection? Is Israel, a democracy and a US ally, really a worse country than Iran, the world’s largest state sponsor of global terrorism?
Well, Peter said that he feels secondary sanctions can result in denial of humanitarian goods, in a way that regular sanctions do not. But is that really true?
We looked into the question.
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