re: #3 rosiee

Are you being intentionally obtuse?
Do you know why the Israelis attacked first?
Do you care?

it would appear that the only person being obtuse here is you. Juan Cole is not incorrect, which i proved to you.

You can argue over the provocation, however, that does not make Cole incorrect.

Attempting to label Cole an anti-semite really should be left to the less nuanced among us - yes?