Washington Post editor Cameron Barr's review of former Ambassador Martin Indyk's new book, Innocent Abroad, uses ostensibly neutral language to make a reasonable-sounding case for extreme and erroneous Arab positions. 
Jimmy Carter, the David Irving of Middle East revisionism, proffers Hamas talking points and his own unique rants in yet another Washington Post Op-Ed. It seems that for Post editors Carter never needs to check his facts or logic. 
Foreign policy "realists" Brent Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski offer unrealistic Arab-Israeli advice to President-elect Obama. Former State Deparment official Aaron David Miller criticizes their recommendations, then makes unrealistic proposals of his own. 
Since just before the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war, Washington Post editorials have been better than the newspaper's foreign desk on Arab-Israeli news, often more timely and balanced. But two of three recent commentaries hit the ditch. 
Two countries border the Gaza Strip. Both strictly limit the passage of goods and people into and out of the Strip. But when describing the effect of these border restrictions, some inaccurately and unfairly attribute responsibility to only one of the countries — Israel. 
For the fourth time in less than three years, The Washington Post lets anti-settlement writer Gershom Gorenberg commandeer its opinion pages. Dubious sources, bad history? No problem — and no countervailing contributors allowed.