Sublime

never let the facts get in the way of a fair outcome.

Even though many more Arabs and Palestinians have been killed by fellow Arabs than by Israelis, the loudest and most effective complaints arise when a Palestinian is killed by a Jew. This too is a form of racism.

As the Peel Commission was later to conclude, assimilation was not feasible because of anti-Jewish prejudice stimulated by Muslim leaders.

Until the world acknowledges that the Arab refusal to accept the existence of Israel following the U.N. partition created an exchange of population that must now be deemed to be permanent, there will be no prospect of peace between the Arabs and Israel.

ERIC SCHMIDT Former Chairman, Google/Alphabet

their criticisms—well understood within Israel—are misused outside of Israel by those who would delegitimize and destroy the Jewish state.

challenges us to rethink the classic bright-line distinction between combatants and noncombatants. This line, which lies at the core of the international law of war, has been exploited in the interest of terrorism.

On the other hand, something different is expected from Israelis. This is cultural relativism bordering on racism. To expect less of Palestinians, regardless of their grievances, is to diminish their humanity.

Yet another tactic was creating, then deliberately exacerbating and exploiting, the refugee crisis.