In the D: Nathaniel Paull has written perhaps the most inane commentary on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict yet. Comparing the fighting in the Middle East to that between him and his brother as children, Paull responds as his father once did: “Right now, I just don’t care who is right and who is wrong. They just need to stop fighting.” He adds, “I don’t believe anyone is truly on the defensive against a massive genocidal force bent on eradication.”

Of course, one might describe a force bent on eradicating Israel (which was only voted to be removed from the PLO’s charter in 1996 though this was never done—see the charter–, which his aides refer to obliquely as “victory,” and which has done well in the West, especially Europe, as Palestinian Zionism) as a “genocidal force.”

So, does that mean they can keep fighting, or does Israel have to go sit in the corner?