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Tom Friedman on Charlie Rose

Tom Friedman can't stand the fanatics who oppose the Geneva Accord.

Except the Palestinian ones.

Last night, on Charlie Rose's program, Friedman appeared with Professor Rashid Khalidi, Columbia University's Edward Said Professor of Middle East Studies, and chair of Columbia's Middle East Institute. Khalidi objected to Geneva because it did not make clear that the Palestinians have "a right to return," and because Israel did not take full responsibility for (in Khalidi's words) the dispossession of "three-quarters of a million" Palestinians, and the destruction of Palestinian society.

Friedman listened to this, and not only did not object, but respectfully responded that Khalidi may have a point. Friedman also absurdly claimed that Prime Minister Sharon was elected (in two landslides) to carry out something like the Geneva Accord. He also stated that the four former Shin Bet heads who recently criticized Sharon "are definitely not doves." Really? One of them, Ami Ayalon, is pushing a plan similar to Geneva (though less detailed). Another, Carmi Gillon, has long advocated left-wing positions.

While Friedman calls Jewish residents of the territories Wahabi terrorists, he has no difficulty with someone like Khalidi. As reported by the New York Sun, Khalidi supports the murder of Israeli soldiers. He also has dedicated a study to "those who gave their lives in defense of the cause of Palestine and the liberation of Lebanon," and referred to Israel as having an "apartheid system." He also has labeled Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz "a fanatical, extreme right-wing Zionist."
posted on 12/05/2003