Comments on: Things you really ought to read

By: Morry

Morry — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:18:26 +0000

Grating or not, Blair’s speech is something of a milestone. The delegitimization he speaks of is something that has concerned me for some time. It lies not just in such defamation as irrationally claiming that the IDF was taking Palestinian bodies to harvest organs, when it is common knowledge that dead organs aren’t viable, but also more subtly, in the fact that none of the thousands of Israeli contributions, especially in health and technology are ever reported. I couldn’t even find Blair’s speech in any msm outlets beyond Jewish or Arab ones, when his message was clearly for Europe and the west. Israel’s amazing rescue efforts in Haiti didn’t get much coverage outside Israel and the US. The clear pattern is stifle the good, highlight and misrepresent the rest. Good on Blair for casting some light on the issue.

By: Laura SF

Laura SF — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:37:14 +0000

Agreed! But I found Blair’s speech a little grating. Why oh WHY is it so impossible for Europeans and other liberals to praise Israel without tacking on a condescending little lecture about how “you have to really make some serious efforts for peace, being will to put everything on the table, and start alleviating the poor Palestinians suffering.” Do they EVER give the same sort of lectures to anyone else? The Arab countries, the Palestinians, the terror leaders? Ever??

By: Larry G

Larry G — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:45:17 +0000

That Totten interview of Spyer is truly outstanding.