If you want to understand the difference between the liberal left and the conservative right regarding Israel, all you have to do is read the following two editorials.

From the New York Times - Gaza Reality Check

Money quote - "It (Gaza) was never part of the Zionist state intended by the United Nations partition plan that led to the establishment of Israel in 1948."

In other words, the Times thinks Israel only has the right to the blue portion of this map:



From the Wall Street Journal - Israel's Agony, Palestine's Future

Money quote - "Contrary to received opinion, for most of Israel's occupation these settlers were an economic boon to Palestinians, providing them with agricultural and small-factory jobs that had never existed under the previous Egyptian military administration."

I stand with those who defend my people's right to live wherever they choose and see the good in them rather than the bad.

Let's not even go into Cindy "Israel Out of Palestine" Sheehan.