Much as I was thoroughly entertained by last week's debate between Christopher Hitchens and George Galloway, and even more so by some of the live action reports that followed, I didn't have much in the way of original thoughts to add. Except perhaps (and I'm sure this was mentioned somewhere I didn't go) for the bloopers (Galloway's reference to Bush administration fundamentalist "Michael Ashcroft," Hitchens calling Galloway "Ghaddafi"). And the fact that after the first two-thirds of Hitchens' opening remarks, the event pretty much degenerated into a contest of who could hurl more insults. Since Galloway has more than earned each and every epithet that was aimed his way, though, I found it hard to take as much offense at that development as I ordinarily would.
Anyway, I was so hoping that Omri would chime in on this, but, alas, he hasn't.
Today (ok, yesterday), Hitchens reminds me why I usually don't pay much attention to anything he has to say.
The right of the Palestinians to a homeland and flag and passport of their own is in the first place inalienable, and in the second place enshrined in many U.N. resolutions as well as in the pledges (moral and monetary) made by European and American statesmen.
Now, that's offensive in so many ways. Fortunately, both Judith Weiss and Rick Richman have fired off perfect bulls-eye responses to this nonsense. To which I have absolutely nothing to add. Go read.
