Doofus of the Day: MJ Rosenberg “Pre-1967 Israel was wonderful!”
Israel should return to the 1967 borders after securing peace treaties, he wrote, because “pre-1967 Israel was not terrible at all. In fact it was pretty wonderful.” [Emphasis added.] “Wonderful” is barely the way to describe the murderous fedayeen raids of the 1950s, the total ban on Jewish visits to the Western Wall or Cave of the Patriarchs, the abrupt withdrawal of UN troops from Sinai in 1967, the genocidal intentions of Arab neighbors and expeditionary forces, the failure of the United States to uphold its commitments to Israel, and the preparation of mass graves in Israeli parks.