half a dozen of one, 60 of the other

some nutcase breaks into a Jewish community center, declares his anger at Israel, and opens fire...

Israeli warplanes bomb a town, killing at least 40 civilians...

sure there's a difference of scale, but is there any moral difference?

if it's a hate crime to kill one Jew, then what kind of crime is it to kill 500 Lebanese?

Fatal Seattle Jewish center shooting a "hate crime"
``SEATTLE (Reuters) - A lone gunman burst into a Jewish organization in downtown Seattle on Friday, killing one woman and wounding five others in what authorities were calling a hate crime.''

Israel air strike kills 40 civilians in Lebanon
``QANA, Lebanon (Reuters) - An Israeli air strike killed at least 40 Lebanese civilians, including 21 children, in the southern village of Qana on Sunday, in the bloodiest single attack during Israel's 19-day-old war on Hizbollah. ... The three-storey building where about 60 displaced civilians were sheltering and several other houses were destroyed in the dawn raid, catching many people asleep, a Reuters witness said. ... The witness counted 40 bodies, including those of 21 children. Rescue workers and witnesses said more bodies were still trapped under the rubble.''