Comment by igravious

You underestimate how central Israel is to US-led Western imperialism and how, in turn, ingrained US exceptionalism and Western chauvinism are. Israel is as rogue as a rogue state can be and nothing has happened to it.

Russia kicked out of SWIFT, Israel wasn't

Russia kicked out of FIFA, Israel wasn't

Hell, Russia kicked out of the Eurovision, Israel wasn't

Israel is an absolute pariah on the world stage -- globally once you leave the Western bubble people have a much more negative opinion of Israel than even Russia whose Soviet past has left a residue of generational resentment.