Has The Guardian made history? An article sympathetic to Israel on Comment is Free

Has the Guardian made history with this article on Comment is Free?

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/andre_oboler/index.html

The writer explains clearly why Israel is not an apartheid state and why deeming her such is itself racist.

This comes after a polite and respectful reception for Melanie Phillips on Thursday's popular BBC discussion programme Question Time:

http://irenelancaster.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/02/melanie-phillip.html

Then, today's Times had an excellent travel piece on why Tel Aviv is where it's at, with the best Italian restaurant outside of Italy and exceptionally cheap airfares from England:

http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/holiday_type/breaks/article3370349.ece

I flew back to England on Sunday with Thomsonfly at a very reasonable price. The service was great. And it was marvellous having five hours of journey rather than stopping off in Frankfurt or Amsterdam and spending the whole day in travel.

And although it's now raining in Israel, it hasn't rained here once in Manchester since I've been back.

The gardener asked if Israel was really like it's portrayed on the BBC. And I said 'No'. And he said, 'It couldn't be like that, otherwise you wouldn't be staying there and looking so well.'

And he said he might come on a visit himself.

Comments

[SnoopyTheGoon]

I would say, let's not get overexcited.

When they continue keeping characters like Milne and his ilk on the staff, one cannot expect

[SnoopyTheGoon]

Dear Irene,

Hope it will be of some interest to you, since it relates to this post and you are mentioned in it:

http://simplyjews.blogspot.com/2008/02/guardian-revelations-boil-that-erupted.html

Best.