We know how this works. By phrasing as a yes or no quesiton, you make it clear you view this as binary and that at the end of the day only you're point of view--- which is clearly yes - is the correct one ? What about--ism is another one of those straw man argument people like you always make to show your prejudice? The idea of objectivity - which is being expressed here - does nopt wash because objectivity only counts when it projects the truth of your own argument. IN a perfect world the author would mute you rather than go through the obvious foolish course of trying to reason with you even though your response has nothing to do with her article and everything to do with your own prejudices. I know the inevitable recourse if it follows because I have experienced it on my own column countless times. So please explain to me why Israel is a genocide and why anyone who doesn't immediately say yes is a full complete bigot and idiot and that by 'just asking questions' you are not revealing your own prejudices. For the record I have my own issues with the Isreali government's handling of the conflict myself, but that wasn't the point of this article, and it won't make a difference of your opinion.