Random acts of violence.  Daily stabbings.  Bystanders run down on the sidewalks.  A religious couple shot dead in front of their four children.

So says James Zogby, president of the Arab-American Institute.  But Mr. Zogby offered an additional insight in a recent interview with Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC.

“Palestinian lives matter,” declared Mr. Zogby.

“Look, there’s a bit of Ferguson going on here. Maybe a little bit more than a bit of Ferguson…  Unless we find a way for those who control the occupation — it’s not the Palestinians, it’s the Israelis — to give these kids a ray of hope, to say that there is a future for you that’s different than what you’re seeing right now, this isn’t going to end… The violence is the result of a situation of despair that is eating away at the lives and souls of both peoples.

“Palestinians are at the end of the day the ultimate victims.”

Mr. Zogby’s comparison is absolutely right.  But he’s right for all the wrong reasons.

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