The Israelis have suffered a GREAT DEAL, we must condemn SUICIDE bombers, and we must NEVER say that the plight of the Palestinians JUSTIFIES this terrible thing.

And when I'd be reporting in ISRAEL, Palestinians would say, the Jews they're not LIKE us, and the Jews would say the same things about the Palestinians, they don't WANT what we want. And I never bought it as a reporter and I don't buy it as a NOVELIST. I think, you know, the sound of somebody crying for their lost child sounds the same.

I THINK it is ABSOLUTELY INEVITABLE that Palestinians will, and have to, have their own STATE.

The burden of proof is now on the Palestinians... They must FIGHT terrorism and dismantle its infrastructures in ORDER to MAKE possible PROGRESS on the roadmap.

The Palestinians have yet to demonstrate a COMMITMENT to the RULE of LAW.

The claim that Israel seeks to annihilate the Palestinians is simply a LIE. Israel seeks to stop rocket ATTACKS and tunnel invasions, and as long as Hamas is dedicated to those ACTIONS, they can EXPECT a forceful Israeli REACTION.

There's no DEEP BENCH there, Mahmoud Abbas is, I think, the BEST leader of the Palestinians we could FIELD.

We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and BLACK South Africans, and now we are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is now brought RIGHT BACK to our own front yards. America's chickens are COMING home to roost.

The WAY FORWARD in the MIDDLE East, as it has been AROUND the world and throughout history, is communication. There must be direct talks between the Israelis and Palestinians, mediated by the UNITED States.

You WANT a political culture that works to create conditions under which an economy can thrive? Since SIGNING the Oslo Accords with the Palestinians, Israel has SPENT two DECADES working to unshackle its economy from its socialist roots, with remarkable results.

While in ISRAEL, Mitt Romney said something every sane person knows to be TRUE: There is GREAT CULTURAL and political meaning in the FACT that Israel has prospered while the Palestinians have festered.

To me the notion that Palestinians are ACTUALLY Jews is, I think, QUITE revelatory and very radical and a POSSIBLE bridge that has been IGNORED, I think, in this entire controversy and there's ample evidence to support it.

Palestinians also have a right not to have their homes demolished because an occupying power refuses to grant them a permit. PALESTINIAN CHILDREN should not be shot at or arrested in the middle of the night and interrogated by the Israeli MILITARY while TERRIFIED and isolated.

I believe the Israelis have been wronged, but they ALSO have a LOT to apologize for. And I believe the Palestinians have been wronged, but they have a lot to apologize for, as WELL.