Your stated moral equivalence between the Jews and Hamas is abhorrent. It is the official policy of the Arab Islamists – noted in the Hamas covenant – that “Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it” (Stated in Preamble). This is a statement of Muslim imperialism and aggressive war. I ask you: how do the Jews negotiate with people whose aim is to obliterate them?

You may resent all you want, the fact remains the Jews have a right to self-defense, you have constructed an equivalency between Israel and murderous Jew-haters, and the Israeli government is doing what is the primary duty of all liberal democracies: defend their people.

Which side are you on Mr. Fecke?

My side in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is with those on both sides who desire a lasting peace, with peaceful coexistence in a stable, two-state system. That’s nether Hamas nor Kadima, and frankly, a pox on both their houses. Until Israelis and Palestinians of good conscience work together to stop the cycle of violence, Israel will not have stability and peace, and Palestine will not have a viable nation-state.

Oh, and for what it’s worth, I resent like hell your insinuation that I’m somehow anti-Semitic because I don’t believe that what the Israeli government is doing is in the best interests of Israelis. It is precisely because I want Israel to have a long, peaceful existence that I am challenging this. And I’d demand you retract the statement.