Israel Matzav

Tom Friedman v. Israel

At PJ Media, David Gerstman takes down Tom Friedman. Friedman's standards seem to evolve so that it is always the case that he criticizes Israel and never any of its enemies. Here's the conclusion.

In these three cases — the withdrawal from southern Lebanon, the Arab peace plan, and “Fayyadism” — Friedman proclaimed he had the answer to promote peace in the Middle East. When none of these worked out as Friedman envisioned, he still found some way to blame Israel for the failures.

The most generous explanation is that Friedman is unserious and will latch onto any idea that sounds vaguely appealing. But that doesn’t explain why Friedman nearly always finds Israel at fault for the lack of peace in the Middle East. If someone is always looking for a reason to criticize you, he isn’t a friend. Friedman’s record on the Middle East shows that he is not — despite his lame protestations to the contrary — Israel’s friend.

Read the whole thing.

Labels: Tom Friedman

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 4:00 PM