No need to call me idiot. This place really is an uncultured echo chamber....

Why?

Or to rephrase: Hamas sacrificed 274 civilians to hold 4 civilians hostage

There never was a state called Palestine, the British took control of the land from the Ottomans. The Ottomans had controlled the land for centuries and before them the Syrians

The post is about recognizing statehood, not entitlement to land and life

There are "Palestinian territories" but no functioning state matching eg the definition of statehood declared in the 1933 Montevideo Convention.

My initial question was whether the source can be trusted. You answered it, the news outlet can't be trusted, they have a clear agenda. Thank you ;)

Falk said: "Is it an irresponsible overstatement to associate the treatment of Palestinians with this criminalized Nazi record of collective atrocity? I think not." [...] "He has taken part in a UN fact-finding mission which determined that suicide bombings were a valid method of 'struggle'. He has disturbingly charged Israel with 'genocidal tendencies,' and accused it of trying to achieve security through 'state terrorism'. Someone who has publicly and repeatedly stated such views cannot possibly be considered independent, impartial or objective."

Wikipedia entry in Richard A. Falk

Ok....