"Wafted by a gale of Jew hatred that seeks the elimination of the Jewish state..." --no,David, it's in fact a humanitarian breeze that you noticed, that might,hopefully, bring justice to the Palestinians by ending predatory Zionism.It was the Zionists who first sowed the wind after all.

Hyperbole is contagious.

Yes, Mac, the big problem is that pity for the Israelies, mostly over sorrow for horribly persecuted German Jews, has linked up with a radical Western Zionism that has even gained Christian Rightist following.

Pity the UNITED NATIONS was not kept as it was intended to be a powerful Kantian democratic peacemaker, without singular top nation authority.

Singer seems to overlook the fact that Israel is not the authority appointed by the League of Nations to exercise the Palestine Mandate. Britain was.

He doesn't give enough details of these other legal opinions to enable us to ascertain whether they, equally, ignore this fact.

Also, if he alleges that the League of Nations Mandate survived the evants of 1947-8 (ie, the departure of Britain, and the UN Partition plan), it would make sense for him to explain why it is so - it seems rather far-fetched to me.

I rather think there is a good reason why he avoids giving any relevant historical details to his claims!

It is a pity that Mr. Singer trivialised, through the lines of Gilbert and Sullivan, the likes of the Secretary of the UN and his efforts. Is it any wonder that if Mr. Singer suggests that his writing is the current philosophy of Israel, the UN and the world sees Israel as a pariah state.
What a rare distinction it must be to be the most disliked country in the world.

The Middle East problem is hardly a trivial matter for any legal nation in that part of the world. The apartheid, road blocks, the withholding of supplies and medical services and the generating of hate on both sides, certainly does not auger well for either party. The longer it goes on the less chance that there will ever be a solution, any solution.

The clear dislike for the US based on recent surveys in Israel should indicate to Americans that the country they have propped up for decades has become so arrogant and self-righteous that perhaps it is time to cast the line adrift and let them stand on their on own feet. What price UN support then?

We have grown to expect such arrogant reactions from Israel.
Even recently the disrespectful treatment of the VP of the US, Joe Biden, the very cool reception for Netanyahu in Washington as he once again used meetings in his host country to promote his philosophies among the tame but insidious Zionist lobby group, the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee. Such statements are the very things that have caused Americans to realise that they have been duped for years into paying billions in aid and support.

The writings of Mr. Singer and his disdain for a two nations solution and the outrageous commentary last weekend by that Israel apologist for The Weekend Australian, Greg Sheridan, are becoming an anathema to the whole world as Israel digs itself into a self-destructive hole. They are not wise enough to see it.

The pity of it all is when they do self-destruct, no one will even shed a tear.

REXW, keep it up, mate, for democratic middle-road reasoning, needs your mentaliy so much......

Cheers, BB, WA.

This reads like a propaganda piece to an ignorant public...trouble is we are not that naive...or ignorant of history for that matter.
Israel is digging itself into perpetual war, for which it seems to be blaming everyone but itself.
Arrogance is ugly in a person, but even uglier in a nation.