Why can’t anyone – this is always surprising me – why can’t any American politician criticise Israel in any way for their behaviour?  I’m watching these shows and there’s not one person going, “Jeez, this is kind of complex. Yeah, Hamas is a bad actor – they shouldn’t be throwing missiles.  But gosh, you know, the treatment of the Palestinian people for the past 50 years?  Not so nice, either.”  It seems like it’s a more complicated situation than is portrayed [by American politicians and the American media].

- Jon Stewart, The Daily Show, 5 January 2009

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