GOP leader: Palestinian culture ‘filled with resentment and hatred’The conclusion I draw from this is diametrically opposed to what the Israel Firsters draw: It's time to offer asylum in America to any Israeli Jew who wishes to emigrate AND withdraw American support for the Israeli state.
By Sahil Kapur
Friday, June 3rd, 2011 -- 2:05 pm
The Raw Story
WASHINGTON – House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) on Friday blamed a hateful Palestinian culture for the bloody half-century long Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle East.
"Sadly it's a culture filled with resentment and hatred," Cantor said at the Faith and Freedom Conference, as first reported by TPM's Benjy Sarlin. "It is that culture that underlies the Palestinians' and broader Arab world's refusal to accept Israel's right to exist, and this is the root of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians."
Sunday, June 05, 2011
THE PREMISE IS CORRECT, THE CONCLUSION ISN'T
Putting to one side any causal analysis, I think Cantor is basically correct about the situation in the Middle East:
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