The lifting of a court gag order on a severe incident that occurred in Tel Aviv two weeks ago once again demonstrates the blatant double standards of the mainstream media and the international community.

It was revealed on Wednesday that earlier this month police arrested two young Arab men – one an Israeli citizen and the other from the Palestinian-controlled territories – on suspicion they and a third accomplice had brutally raped a mentally handicapped Jewish girl.

The girl, who filed the initial complaint, was found by police to be in severe mental distress.

Over the course of the investigation, it was discovered that one of the Arab suspects had filmed the assault on his cellphone. The footage, according to police, shows the two raping the 20-year-old Jewish girl while spitting on her and shouting racist slogans.

The two men also threatened to kill the girl’s family if she told anyone what had happened.

In her ruling approving an extended remand for the suspects, the judge wrote, “This is a shocking incident of exploitation of a helpless and handicapped girl that had racist motives.”

The story was quickly picked up by most of the Hebrew press, but was nowhere to be found in the mainstream international English-language media.

As one might imagine, had the roles been reversed – had three Jewish men violently raped a handicapped Arab girl while shouting racist slogans – it would take mere minutes for the story to become headline news around the globe.