Anne Lieberman has posted a terrific, timely and immensely informative response to a benighted commenter from Argentina who does not like the way she writes about palestinians. The comment was posted in response to this post at Boker Tov, Boulder, which consists mostly of quotes from a really whiney article at Time about the plight of the poor people in Gaza ("Turning Hunger Into Hatred" -- give me a break). But never mind. Any opportunity to lament will do.
I read BtB regularly, and I'm absolutely certain Anne has never said anything about the palestinians that's remotely as nasty as most of the things that palestinians say about Jews. But, again, never mind. Anyway, here's part of her answer:
It's a shame that Palestinians are unhappy, but they have been given more aid per capita than any people anywhere in the history of the world. They have been given land (i.e. Gaza), and they have been offered a state (in 1937, 1947, 1949, 1967, 1978, 2000, 2001 and in the Roadmap of 2003).
The Palestinians have chosen a path of terrorism, intifada and jihad rather than negotiation. When they're not shooting from among women and children, they're sending women and children to blow themselves up. They have elected HAMAS to represent them. They have made their choices, and those choices are not civil, friendly or peaceful.
Being the object of their hate, I understand it plenty.
(links omitted -- but there are plenty -- so, like, go read the whole thing.)
