You may remember that the former Queen Noor of Jordan recounted in her autobiography an encounter with Israeli first lady Leah Rabin: Mrs. Rabin stated confidently that it was foolish to talk about the Palestinian problem because there was no such thing as a Palestinian – but rather troublemakers from Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, etc. Queen Noor was able to inform her that there really was such a thing, and that she could find several hundred thousand just over the border in Jordan in the refugee camps. Apparently this ignorance is not uncommon – It is far easier to perceive oneself as a victim rather than a victimizer. Without minimizing the Holocaust at all, it seems wrong for some Zionists and pro-Israelis to insist that no other national or ethnic tragedies can be discussed as genocide. Perhaps that Holocaust is the worst known instance of attempted genocide, but it is by no means the only one – even when one limits oneself to the 20th Century. So long as Israel sees itself only as a victim state incapable of wrongdoing of its own, it will be impossible for it to deal realistically with Palestinian rights.