It is when people like Barry Finn paint all Jews as responsible for what Israel does, or when they hold "Israelis as Jews" to a different standard than any other country, that they expose themselves as anti-Semites.

That Barry Finn's hateful statement, "Hitler would be amused at how the Jews he couldn't kill have turned in todays world, he would be very proud of them & how they are so much alike," was posted to Mudcat on the same same day we witnessed the history of Barack Obama's inspirational inauguration sickens me.

As a Jew, as someone who lost relatives in the Holocaust, I take this kind of attack very personally. It goes way beyond the pale of any kind of civilized discourse on the issue of whether Israel was right or wrong in the way it fought the war with Hamas.

I stand with the Barack Obama, not with the Barry Finns of this world.

Here is a transcript of what Barack Obama had to say about the situation Israel faced with Gaza/Hamas when he visited there in July. Less than two weeks ago, in an interview with George Stephanopolous on ABC, the incoming president stood by the statements.

I don't think any country would find it acceptable to have missiles raining down on the heads of their citizens.

The first job of any nation state is to protect its citizens. And so I can assure you that if -- I don't even care if I was a politician. If somebody was sending rockets into my house where my two daughters sleep at night, I'm going to do everything in my power to stop that. And I would expect Israelis to do the same thing.

In terms of negotiations with Hamas, it is very hard to negotiate with a group that is not representative of a nation state, does not recognize your right to exist, has consistently used terror as a weapon, and is deeply influenced by other countries. I think that Hamas leadership will have to make a decision at some point as to whether it is a serious political party seeking to represent the aspirations of the Palestinian people. And, as a consequence, willing to recognize Israel's right to exist and renounce violence as a tool to achieve its aims. Or whether it wants to continue to operate as a terrorist organization. Until that point, it's hard for Israel, I think, to negotiate with a country that -- or with a group that doesn't recognize Israel's right to exist at a country -- OK.

Thank you very much, everybody. I appreciate it.