Insulting Israel -- again

Why did it take the State Department 24 hours to figure out that Israel was the victim in last week's clash on the Lebanese border? After all, even the United Nations -- where hatred of Israel seems a prerequisite for membership -- absolved Israel of any blame. It took a protest by Jerusalem's ambassador to Washington for the Obama administration to finally say publicly that an attack that killed one Israeli soldier and seriously wounded another was "totally unjustified and unwarranted." Earlier, the State Department had simply called on both sides to show restraint.

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