Sunday, August 6, 2006
Oh no, not another one. We already have anti-Israel activist Andover, MA high school teacher Ron Francis, but now, not wanting to be outdone, allow me to introduce you to Reading, Mass's (a couple towns over from Andover), D.J. Deeb...a high school Social Studies teacher, no less (at least Francis only teaches physics). Well, perhaps the comparison is unfair to Deeb at this point given the data available.
Deeb presents an anti-Israel screed in the local Valley Patriot as part of a point-counter-point with Richard Landes who presents the able response. Deeb hinges his argument in great measure on what I call a "greasy kid stuff" presentation of 242 and 338 -- kid stuff because whenever anyone starts presenting non-compliance of those two UN Resolutions as a reason for Israeli responsibility for the continuing conflict, they almost always present a childishly simplified and incorrect explanation of the text and meaning. Deeb does not disappoint.
The original print exchange is here, in PDF format, but the real meat is in Landes's much more lengthy fisking at his own site: Fisking D.J. Deeb