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...with great dismay that I opened The Crimson this morning to read Adbelnasser A. Rashid??s op-ed “Defending the Indefensible.” It is not that I find his opinions to be without merit, but rather that I found his expression of them as hyperbolic and needlessly demagogic as the ones against which he argues...
...people. The other, the one I was raised with, describes Israel as a peaceful place constantly under attack by terrorist groups dedicated to its utter annihilation. However, as a rational person, I can understand that neither of these discourses accurately describes the situation. Yet one-sided voices like Mr. Rashid??s (and certainly a plethora of others that are ideologically opposed, yet equally uncompromising) do nothing to help solve the conflict, and instead serve to embitter and further polarize people—as evidenced by inflammatory comments from readers on both sides of the issue posted...
...Defending the Indefensible,” Adbelnasser A. Rashid??s rash criticism of Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren’s visit to Harvard is based on the false pretenses of the Goldstone report—a report that has been called misleading and inimical to peace by such mainstream publications as the Economist and public officials such as Susan Rice, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mr. Rashid??s unquestioning acceptance of this report reveals his anti-Israel bias. While no one would deny that collateral damage occurred on both sides...
...text messages and dropping of warning leaflets with evacuation instructions for residents before targeting an area)—to face the frightful prospect that it will be accused of war crimes (by the indignant likes of Mr. Rashid) if unfortunate civilian deaths occur. Even more troubling is Mr. Rashid??s silence when it comes to Hamas, which has stolen foreign aid and committed violence against its own people...
More comical still is Mr. Rashid??s attempt to paint Israel’s Ambassador Michael Oren as a radical war sympathizer. In fact, Mr. Oren has been on the center-left of the Israeli political spectrum, and once even advocated for a unilateral Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank! During his Kennedy school visit, Mr. Oren was simply defending Israel’s right to defend itself (a right Mr. Rashid would likely want stripped from Jewish state). Unlike Mr. Rashid, Mr. Oren is one of the foremost scholars on the Israeli-Arab conflict, and his account...