New twist on an old meme

Michael Oren is Israel's ambassador to the U.S., and I've found him to be a fairly sensible guy. His book on the Six-Day War was surprisingly even-handed.

But his New Republic article on the Goldstone Report is totally unhinged. My favorite line:

But more insidiously, the report does not only hamstring Israel; it portrays the Jews as the deliberate murderers of innocents--as Nazis. And a Nazi state not only lacks the need and right to defend itself; it must rather be destroyed.

At least he's presenting a new argument. It's getting passe to compare Hamas to Nazi Germany. But accusing Goldstone of comparing Israel to the Nazis? Now that's original thinking.