Everything is done to try and explain away heinous behavior by Palestinians; everything is done to try and exaggerate heinous behaviour by Israelis (yesterday, for example, we had Lieberman as Stalin)

First, I don’t do “everything” to “explain away” Palestinian bad behavior. In fact, I acknowledge it repetitively & I get oh so tired of having to remind the myriad of readers like you who make the same false charge.

Second, I certainly would not have compared Lieberman to Stalin had he himself not likened the Israeli police to the NKVD. Don’t you think Lieberman deserves his share of blame for such histrionics? Lieberman admittedly isn’t a full blown Stalin. He’s not in the same league of megalomania and would make a much smaller version even if he ever came to power. But Lieberman is certainly much closer to Stalin than the Israeli police is to the NKVD.

the babbling prince at his throne.

My comment rules do not permit ad hominem attacks. Stick to the issues or you’ll wear out yr welcome.

Read more carefully – the piece is primarily about media reactions, so your point about US/Israeli policy isn’t so relevant.

The problem with your blog is not the policies it espouses (mostly). It’s the double intellectual standard. Everything is done to try and explain away heinous behavior by Palestinians; everything is done to try and exaggerate heinous behaviour by Israelis (yesterday, for example, we had Lieberman as Stalin). Here’s another great example: “Lieberman is a racist thug. Hamas has its fair share of thugs.” Racist thugs, would you say? A strange ommission in the context of the comparison.

It’s a shame that you can’t just rationally analyse the heinous behavior of both sides. I understand that there is no equivalence, that Israel is the stronger party and the occupier, and that you are – rightfully – primarily concerned with Israeli behavior. But none of this excuses the fundamental lack of maturity in your analysis. It’s like reading something by an apoplectic (to use a word you enjoy so much) undergraduate.

“Lazy”, “lameness”, “worthless” – par for the course as far as you are concerned. Epithets in place of rationally discussing the issue; your raging arrogance laid bare, the babbling prince at his throne.

Lieberman is a racist thug. Hamas too has its share of thugs. But many of the leaders of Hamas are more pragmatic than Lieberman is. To argue, as she does, that there is a double standard in that the world labels Lieberman for what he is while refusing to acknowledge that Hamas is just as bad is a dead end argument. I don’t romanticize Hamas. I know what it is and what its weaknesses are. Lieberman is worse especially if he ever gets real power.

Zeev Sternhell has argued that Lieberman is the most dangerous politician in the history of the State of Israel. I’m not sure he’s right, but if he’s wrong he’s not off by much.

I don’t plan on arguing about this article with you here. So if you want to do so you’ll have to find others to argue with.