Israel Demonstrates Testicular Fortitude

I'm as surprised as anybody, given that Richard Falk is exactly the trendy Leftist type that Israelis try to woo all the time under the highly mistaken impression that making concessions to the enemy will get such people to like them.

Falk, who compared Israel's treatment of the Arabs in Judea, Samaria and Gaza to to the Holocaust, is the new "United Nations official appointed to investigate Israeli-Palestinian human rights." Sounds like the right man for the job, right?

Well, Falk stood by his Holocaust comments, and Israel, for once, actually took a stand, refusing to allow this degenerate to enter the country. While I fully support this, I have to say that I found the the responsive comments from Israel rather tame:

"The Foreign Ministry spokesperson called Falk's comments 'unacceptable and, in fact, a little strange.'

'To compare Israel to the Nazis is not just a total falsehood, it's also a personal insult to everybody," he said, adding that the choice of Falk is indicative of the Human Rights Council's negative attitude toward Israel. "Of all the people to be able to appoint, to find somebody who compares Israel to the Nazis is very bizarre and outrageous,' he said."

Well, yes, all that is true, but I think you need to go further. Quite frankly, if Falk really believes that what Israel does is in any way comparable to Germany's mass genocide of World Jewry during the Holocaust, he's not just wrong and being insulting. He's freaking insane. This man is not mentally competent enough to head a party planning committee, much less play a leading role in a major international organization (though, in fairness, the UN Human Rights Council is one of the most ridiculous organizations on the planet, so maybe it is a good fit). As Steinbrenner said to George on Seinfeld, "You're non copus mentus! You got some bats in the belfry!"

And this is not the only issue either. This dude at least strongly suspects that, um, "the Neoconservatives" (not just particular neoconservatives?) caused 9/11.

In fact, perhaps Israel is taking the wrong action here. Perhaps the wisest course would be to let Faulk into the country and then commit him to a mental institution. That way he's not a threat to himself or anybody else.

The fact that Falk used to teach International Law at Princeton is downright scary.