text: slaughtering thousands of Palestinians. There was no call for convening the Council or of sending observers. Nor do X remPber any call to oonvene the &unctl in 1982, when Syria in are afternoon killed over 10,000 in Ham. Nor do f recall a request to convene the c#moil in l9988r when Algerie put down its awn version of the intifadah, killing 500 in cae day. We do not want to be cornpam to the Arab Governments. After all, they are dictator5hips. We want to be ccinpared to the dmmcracies where we belang So the question is how the democracies of North ard South America, Europe and Asia &al with their cmfrart5tion5. They have had ethnic strife, secaasionist RouemntsI raaial vlolenoa. What have they done when it broke out fn their major &tier and -*br* n,rru -A r-.1-1-.-- -L-.- - - -W.-w w-ran ma.” .-cyruurr ULLTrnee. i am not iure I uan’c to speii OUt every example or to give any by nane, but the lPe&ers of the Council kncrw them. There are cams am the dmmctaciea in which these outbreaks of violence have been put Qwn with a casualty and fatality toll that exceeded in me day the total fatalities of the ia in two and one half years. There is a conflict right JP/ha s/w. 2423 87 (Hr. Netanyahu, Israel) nar in l dimpubd torrit~~ involving a dsmcraqp in kia. A total of 4 60 pcloPle have died 8inca the beginning of the ywar‘ with 60 iu me day a few days ago. In Atria yesterday 50 students were gunned down. There was no call for the 8eCUritY CsMcil eo met. Thor4 was no call for obeemera to be sent. So it appaars that we are dealing here with three sets of standards by which 
analysis: The text appears to be a speech or statement by a politician or diplomat, discussing the conflict between Israel and Palestine, and comparing it to other instances of ethnic strife and violence in other countries. The text highlights the differing responses of international organizations to similar conflicts, and seems to be advocating for a more even-handed approach.