The political Left in the United States works to ensure that both the Palestinians and Israelis are blamed for the continuing violence in the Middle East, unlike what Feinberg Prof. Steven Rothke insinuates in his guest column.
The Left is championing human rights when it condemns Israeli actions, in which nothing but the homes, shops, farms and olive groves of innocent Palestinians are demolished.
Liberals are fighting discrimination when they voice concerns about Palestinians being subjected to curfews and checkpoints enforced by armed Israeli soldiers. They are protesting ethnic partition when they demand that Israel tear down the separation wall it is building in the West Bank. The Left is protecting the lives of women and children when it