A Response to Bradley Burston's Critique

Bradley Burston is offended by my characterization of Israel's inability to let go of the occupied territories as a pathology, a characterization he says can only be made by someone who hates Israelis.

Perhaps to soften the blow, Burston also wrote (rather bizarrely, I thought) in his column of November 3, 2009 that "No one, not even the Palestinians, hates Israelis the way Israelis do." However, in the version of his article that appeared the following day, the sentence was omitted.

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