"Tough Love" for Nicholas Kristof by Lee Green

In his July 24th piece, "Tough Love for Israel," New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof puts on display his lack of knowledge regarding the recent and past history of Israel and its neighbors. Or perhaps he just chooses to "forget" since those messy facts get in the way of his simplistic view of Israel as the major obstacle to peace.

Kristof notes that Israel's security measures have reduced terrorism, but that they "bolster Hamas" and undermine "reasonable" Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. This is the same Abbas who sent a letter of congratulations to the family of the recently released Samir Kuntar, the terrorist who bashed in the head of a four-year-old girl.

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