Nice defense of Rashid Khalidi by Scott Horton in Harper's:
Khalidi is also a Palestinian American. There is no doubt in my mind
that it is solely that last fact that informs McCarthy’s ignorant and
malicious rants.
that it is solely that last fact that informs McCarthy’s ignorant and
malicious rants.
And Joe Klein says Khalidi can't be anti-semitic because he's semitic and goes after "Jewish neoconservatives" here. He likes that phrase. Good for him. Maybe "the Jewish vote" really is delaminating. Let's see some Jewish lefties, standing up for Palestinians.
Oh and here's Andrew Sullivan, somewhat standing up for Khalidi. Quotes a former student denying he's an anti-semite. Goes to his wikipedia page. "Evidence of his alleged anti-Semitism is very, very hard to find."
Where's Columbia Pres Lee Bollinger? He stood up for Khalidi when the New York schools wouldn't let him speak at some program.
