Punishing terrorists’ families and neighbors, or those who share their ethnic and religious identity, has the opposite effect, intensifying hostility toward Israel and dissipating the moral outrage that should be mobilized against the actual perpetrators of terrorism. As observers increasingly equate the two sides, regarding both as victims and victimizers alike, international support and sympathy for Israel wanes.
惩罚恐怖分子的家人和邻里或者那些与他们具有相同种族和宗教信仰的人效果只会适得其反，进一步激起对以色列的敌视并驱散本应针对恐怖行为实际肇事者的道德义愤。随着观察员日益将双方同等看待，认为他们同时既是受害者又是加害者，国际社会对以色列的支持和同情正在逐渐消退。