Several people wrote to me about what I wrote about Samir Al-Quntar. Many of course merely repeat the claims of Israeli propaganda. I was thinking about this: I mean, yes. I am in favor of finding the truth about what happened back in 1978. I am in favor of an independent commission of inquiry that can investigate and interview witnesses and survivors. I am not a fan of the Palestinian Liberation Front that sent the 16 years old Samir (Che Guevara used to turn away anybody less than 18 from joining the Revolution), but has there been more terrorism committed in the Middle East than by Zionist gangs and armies? But notice that the issue then becomes--as always--the focus on an Israeli civilian victim or two. I am for that (and for protecting all civilians in combat), but what about the thousands of Palestinian and Arab civilian victims of Israeli bombings and killing over the years? Why are they not the issue? And why the personalization and dramatization of Israeli victims, and only Israeli victims? Surely, this approach is based on racist standards that consider some lives more precious than others. Spare me.