These aren’t just protests.

What is astonishing to me is that these people are doing this in a state known to have a large Jewish population by national standards.

because Israel is a country whose contributions to world science, technology, literature and the arts is much greater in proportion to its size, population, and resources than any other country in the world. It is also a country with representative government, an independent judiciary, and a free press.

Now, how many of the above things are true about any of Israel’s immediate neighbors?

….. I’m waiting . . . .

. . . . . I’m still waiting . . . . . .

OK, I’ve made ONE of my points, now let me make another one:

“Palestine,” an historical fiction, is a depraved society, where not only is virtually nothing of value produced, but which is dominated by fear and corruption, which is intensified in Gaza. Also, “palestine” (it should always be lower case and enclosed in “scare quotes”) suffers from horrendous social pathologies, including, according to numerous accounts, widespread child rape, especially by “uncles.” I have heard personal accounts by Palestinian women about the most unpleasant aspect of their pre-pubescent childhood: being preyed upon by adult male relatives.

So, stack the two societies against each other, and tell me which is worthy of preservation and emulation?

And asking questions about how “spontaneous” these rallies might be, and if they’re being organized, and funded, by outside sources, isn’t calling for banning ordinary street protests (which these might not be); it’s just common sense. Or are we just supposed to shut up, and accept, unquestioningly, whatever a bunch of marching protesters tell us, and never question, or even think about, possible motives behind them? Isn’t that curtailing our freedom of speech?