Eric Alterman: the Zionist racism that is hosted in the Nation magazine

"I asked Nusseibeh over dinner how he had managed to stay alive and healthy while saying the unsayable in a society where the frequent penalty is not the petulance of Abraham Foxman and Marty Peretz, but a bullet to the brain. He told me that he had been asked to account for his words inside a refugee camp, where, though he understood that he might be putting his life on the line, he felt he had no choice lest he live a life of fear and shame. At the meeting, the assembled young militants told him that while they were furious for what he said, and while they, personally, did not share his views, they admired his courage “in saying aloud what we know our leaders say every day in private.”"  Israel is such a peaceful country because it only kills Arabs.  But they don't count for Eric Alterman.  And since when did he become an expert on the Middle East?  Don't you like this: in the US, every Zionist thinks that by advocacy he/she is an expert on the Middle East.  A falafil sandwich would do for immersion in Arab culture.  (thanks Khelil)