Lots of readers emailed about this absolutely horrifying article in the LA Times by New York University history professor Tony Judt, in which he argues for the destruction of Israel: ‘Jewish State’ Has Become an Anachronism. I guess the LA Times isn’t feeling hated enough, after the incredible backlash from their smear campaign against Arnold Schwarzenegger; how else to explain this thumb in the eye of their remaining Jewish readers?

The final paragraph of this disgusting op-ed encapsulates everything that is loathsome about ivory tower creeps like Judt:

In a world where nations and peoples increasingly intermingle and intermarry, where cultural and national impediments to communication have all but collapsed, where more and more of us have multiple elective identities and would feel constrained if we had to answer to just one, in such a world, Israel is truly an anachronism. And not just an anachronism, but a dysfunctional one. In today’s “clash of cultures” between open, pluralist democracies and belligerently intolerant, faith-driven ethno-states, Israel actually risks falling into the wrong camp.

Apparently, Judt—the history professor—hasn’t noticed that every other country in the Middle East is one of those “belligerently intolerant, faith-driven ethno-states” he decries. So the solution, according to Judt, is for Israel to cease to exist—and for another intolerant Islamic nightmare state to take its place. Brilliant analysis, professor.

And excellent work, LA Times, at turning yourself into even more of a sick joke. This one is really beyond the pale.