Christopher Hitchens (on Palestine) “Their cause has been compromised and cheapened,” he says. “I’m still with them. But the Palestinians used to produce democrats and campaigning journalists, people in the Bahrain parliament calling for women’s rights. No more. They’ve lent themselves to Hamas and Syria and Hizbullah, and identified themselves with the most rotten dictatorships in the region.” 2008-05-13T02:45:47Z http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=10157 indiemaps indiemaps