American Left and the Middle East: the Nation Magazine (again and again and again). I don't have to time to do a word-by-word critique. But this interview with Amos Oz is quite revealing of the motives and stance of the Nation magazine on the Middle East. Worse than Amos Oz's answers are the questions of Jon Wiener. Notice that an Israeli has to comment on Palestinian elections. When was the last time the Nation interviewed a Palestinian on Israeli elections? Hell, when was the last time the Nation magazine interviewed a Palestinian on Palestinian elections? And notice how frequently Wiener invoked the word "fanaticism" and "fanatic" about the Palestinians. But then again. The Nation magazine thinks that if they call the Palestinians "fanatics" it is better than calling them terrorists. It is time that people who care about Palestinian rights and justice realize that the Nation magazine is not a friend of the Palestinian (or Arab) people.