What happened to academic integrity?
If the authors of this piece actually distorted quotes in the way Michelle Goldberg describes, then they deserve to lose the respect of academia; and, indeed, their motivations for doing so must then be questioned. I would hope that they would rise to the occasion and explain these misquotes; certainly those people whom they slandered through omission of context deserve an apology from them. As far as the question of Israel is concerned, I know that many people I know see it in pretty black and white terms: when the Twin Towers were destroyed, Israel mourned. Palestinians were dancing in the street. Anyone who thinks that that that last image isn’t more powerful than a thousand academic arguments doesn’t understand human psychology very well.
