Because the perpetrators are not Jews, of course.

In the West Bank, Fatah officials said at least 19 of its members have been executed and many more brutally tortured. Gaza residents say Hamas is using schools and other public buildings in Gaza City, and the towns of Khan Yunis and Rafah as detention centers to interrogate members of Fatah, their political rivals. They said three men have been blinded during questioning and more than 60 have been shot in the legs as punishment.

"They are committing human rights violations in a very brutal manner," Mahmoud Habbash, Palestinian Authority minister of social welfare said in Ramallah.

Yeah, you get the obligatory slam at Israel -- but it hasn't been Israel that engaged in this sort of barbarism. What it comes down to, though, is that even when Israel engages in activities permitted under international law to protect itself, it will be condemned. But brutality by the Palestinians against anyone -- Jew, Christian, or Muslim -- will be overlooked and excused by the world community. Which leads us back to the issue which has been raised often in the last few weeks -- are we allowed to call it anti-Semitism yet?