Hamas, after 13 years of criminal negligence and terror, continues to succeed in convincing the world that Israel is to blame for the misery of its own people.
Denouncing Israel can be a full-time job, leaving little room for remembering that for 14 years, Palestinians have been deprived of the right to touch a ballot.
It has been another tragic year for Palestinians living in Syria, but pro-Palestinian advocacy groups and mainstream media seem to have missed the misery.
A Jewish soldier who shouts at a Palestinian at a checkpoint is more newsworthy than, say, Palestinians tortured by the Palestinian Authority or Hamas.
People of diverse religious and ethnic backgrounds from around the world met in Israel to laugh, dine, and discuss ways of making the world a better place.