The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Remapping the Middle East, Maybe
Tom Friedman of the New York Times engages in yet another round of Israel bashing by comparing the rightwing settler movement to terrorists. (Tom Friedman does not use the work terrorist, feeling much more comfortable with the “militant” code-word.)
The Israeli settlers are not trying to subvert, or prevent democracy. They do seek to excercise their democratic right to civil disobedience.
It seems that Friedman is applying a double standard: If the civil disobedience comes from the left, then that’s all right. If civil disobedience comes from the right, they are messianic zealots who can only be compared to terrorists who are only deserving of being compared to terrorists.
Tom, I don’t buy it.
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I’m a Zurich based investor. Since 1997, I’ve managed a privately offered investment fund known as the Aquamarine Fund.
I am also the author of a book titled The Education of a Value Investor, which was published in 2014.
As I wrote in my book, we are all a work in progress. This site documents my ongoing quest for “wealth, wisdom and enlightenment”.
I have created a /now page – inspired by Derek Sivers
