Further hypocrisy on Freedom of Opinion and Expression by Marty Peretz

While a freedom of expression declaration that can have the support of China and Egypt is disturbing, one could argue that such a baby step could provide a stepping stone to further reform in the same manner the American Constitution, written by slave owners provided a stepping stone for the civil rights movement. This article was not however an genuine critique of the statement, but rather an attack on the signers

This attack was intensely hypocritical. Marty Peretz wrote in Cool, But, yes a Communist. in which Peretz essentially accused Van Jones of Telling the Truth While Black . It is clear that Peretz has no particular preference for freedom expression himself, but finds the concept useful when promoting the ideas of people who likes and easy to ignore when confronting ideas of people he doesn't like.

While Israel does has a free press it can not be considered a bastion of freedom expression. Entities which receive government funding in Israel, which includes schools are forbidden from advocating a secular state or referring to the displacement of the Palestinians as a disaster.

The foreign minister, Lieberman, whom Peretz has repeatedly condemned, has advocated wholesale deportation of Israeli citizens who might refuse to support the Jewish nature of the state. Peretz's in effect condemns the United States for cooperating with countries that do not support a concept of freedom of expression, that Peretz himself does not support.

in reference to:

- U.S., Egypt Co-Sponsor A Resolution On Freedom Of Opinion And Expression. What The Hell Is Going On? Only The A.P. Reported This: I Wonder Why. | The New Republic (view on Google Sidewiki)