State Department Spokesman James Kirby, better known for his remarks against the legal Israeli presence in Judea and Samaria, smacked down a reporter who questioned whether Palestinians were justified in attacking Israelis.

Kirby was addressing a question by Said Arikat, a Washington-based reporter for Al Quds newspaper, who uses his credentials to badger State Department spokesmen over the Palestinian narrative, promoting the notion that Israel is guilty of all the evils of the world.

Check out this exchange between a Palestinian apologist and a US spokesman.