Reply #8: Henry Siegman’s Expertise: Bashing Israel at Every Turn

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Henry Siegman is living proof that claiming expertise on the Middle East and acquiring a few titles related to the topic do not actually produce expertise on the Middle East. Formerly a "Mideast expert" at the Council on Foreign Relations and head of the American Jewish Congress, Siegman’s commentary has appeared in many major media outlets, including the Los Angeles Times, National Public Radio, the International Herald Tribune, The New York Review of Books and others—both American and British.

An examination of his body of work reveals Siegman’s analyses to be little more than thinly veiled propaganda promoting the Palestinian perspective on the conflict with Israel. Indeed, the commentary echoes the most extreme themes of the Palestinian narrative with the writer heaping shrill criticism on Israel while excusing Palestinian rejectionism—even when this requires repeatedly ignoring, fabricating and misrepresenting facts and routinely contradicting earlier assertions.

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