Seems like the rhetoric is that since Iran was building a nuclear weapon, it was justified as a defense. Now, if Iran had attacked Israel when it was developing its nuclear weapons, I wonder if that would have qualified as defense as well?
Kinda shit meme that spurs on a misinformed perspective...
Tensions and clashes in the region are primarily sectarian differences (cultural, religious) rather than skin colour - and besides, most ethnic groups in the region (Arabs, Jews, Persians and others) are rather diverse when it comes to melanin.
the difference is that the "western whiter" state can do all the terror apartheid and genocide it wants, and the world and main stream media celebrate them.
but other non white states are treated like terrorist for responding to attacks
"whiteness" is not just defined by skin color in the close sense, but also a state of mind and political affiliation.
What you say about the ethnicites is absolutely correct, however Israel is perceived as an extension of the "white" west vs. the "brown" inferior people.
Israel
Iran
Palestine
Yemen
Syria (depending on device it might still show the flag from Assad times, the new flag is green white black with three red stars on white)
Lebanon
Iranians can sometimes be surprisingly pale while isrealis can sometimes be surprisingly dark, there are of course the mizrahi jews but the beta isreal population are straight up black. I don't think it's as much a race thing as it is a western aligned vs non-western aligned thing. Other western aligned countries like Taiwan also get overwhelmingly positive media coverage despite not being white. The fact that Iranians are Muslims also contribute a lot to their bad media image. Lots of isrealis could fit in with Iranians without any problem looks wise but absolutely not culture wise.