The fact that news media and critics in Washington who consistently and deliberately ignore Palestinian deaths and other violations of Palestinian human rights, including the thousands of home demolitions, demonstrates in the clearest possible terms that only Israeli lives are valued and only the concerns and security of Israel are taken seriously. Rarely since the Second World War has a people been so vilified as the Palestinians and rarely has a people been so frequently excused and placated as the Israelis

James J. David

James J. David is a retired Brigadier General and a graduate of the U.S. Army's Command and General Staff College, and the National Security Course, National Defense University, Washington DC. He served as a Company Commander with the 101st Airborne Division in the Republic of Vietnam in 1969 and 1970 and also served nearly 3 years of Army active duty in and around the Middle East from 1967-1969.

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