People like Roiphe use Israel as their moral summmer camp. As long as it doesn’t interfere with their progressive bona fides, they’re all for it.

Problems are abstract questions so contrived as to afford a solution, to be arrived at by proper use of logic, regardless of reality. The Middle East is not an abstraction, it is the place where the rest of the world sends manufactured compassion (and piles of money) to the thugs of “Palestine” (another abstraction) and indignant reproach to Israel, which is the only authentic accomplishment in the wretched Middle East.

If there was a “solution”, it would not be the triumph of logic, but a voluntary escape from absurdity, originating in the awakened conscience of the palestinians, after they were allowed to confront the consequences of their actions. You don’t build a future by scarificing children.

The Bush administration took the first step by refusing to have anything to do with Arafat. It’s a not a matter of intellectual brilliance, it’s a matter of courage. Where are we going to find it?

The world has long realized that it doesn’t need to take Jews seriously. They continue rewarding their enemies—and friends who advocate well meaning but destructive policies. Barack Obama attended an anti-Semitic church for twenty years and still received 80% of the total Jewish vote. The blunt talking Charles Freeman was recently selected for a major appointment by the current administration. And yet, few are willing to directly blame Obama. Articles are written without even once mentioning his name. A popular former American president is Bill Clinton. Huh? What sense does this make? Clinton’s naïve policies resulted in countless Jewish deaths. Too many Jews seem to have been conned into believing they are disgusting white folks crapping on the dark skinned Palestinians. There is little hope if that is indeed the case.