Approbation and actual sanctions and punishments are two entirely different things. Approbation in the absence of sanctions and punishments are pretty meaningless. Israel may receive some approbation (but never from any Western governments), but it has not been sanctioned or punished in any way, and is, in fact, receiving many billions of dollars of support for its war crimes from people like me who pay taxes in the US. Iran, Iraq under Saddam (and Saddam himself, who was hanged for war crimes), Libya, and Syria, have all been sanctioned and/or punished in various ways. The reason so many people are criticizing Israel so much is precisely because it is allowed to get away with so much without being sanctioned or punished in any way, and because this gives it the ability to do whatever the hell it wants with impunity, and with the backing of the largest military and weapons industry in the world.