Nicholas Kristof, New York Times columnist, has repeatedly supported and proclaimed the innocence of Sami Al-Arian ( a University of Florida indicted for helping fund the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group-responsible for the murder of Israelis and Americans, and indirectly the deaths of Palestinians). Al-Arian eventually accepted a plea agreement when his guilt was all but obvious - clear to everyone except Nicholas Kristof who never even expressed a mea culpa about his stalwart defense of Al-Arian (other journalists and newspapers did so). Kristof has disparaged Americans who express support for the American-Israel alliance, attacking the Israel Lobby in a way that echoes the views of Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer (Talking About Israel a column refuted by, among others, CAMERA .  Lately, he has been picking up the pace of his anti-Israel columns.He recently wrote a scathing report on  Israel's settlements ("colonies'" as he describes them)...(Read Full Post)