I'd put that remark about on the same level as Bush's "Bring 'em on!" (the terrorists) quote.

beardedbruce, I would suggest spending some time checking out what the Jewish human rights organizations have to say about what's going on in Israel/Palestine. Here's some links to a few of them:

http://www.btselem.org/index.asp
http://www.nimn.org/
http://www.gush-shalom.org/english/index.html
http://www.refusersolidarity.net
http://www.jppi.org
http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org
http://www.jatonyc.org
www.batshalom.org/english/batshalom/index.html
http://www.ejjp.org