Blogged by Marty Peretz at The Spine: "OK, the Arab countries and the other Muslim countries are in continuous conspiracy in international organizations to deflect them from doing anything serious to rescue Darfur from Sudanese genocide. Some of these countries actively contribute to Sudan's war against its black population, even when these Africans are Muslim. It is preposterous that Nigeria should be leading the African Union peace-keeping operation in Darfur. So on and on...
Now, Jews have made a big 'never again' fuss about Darfur, here in America and also in Israel. But how has the Jewish state actually behaved toward refugees who end up, after smuggling themselves through Egypt, in its territory? To be frank, quite horribly. There's a very nuanced article by Ina Friedman in February 5 issue of The Jerusalem Report, and it should bring shame to those of us who care about both human dignity and Israel."