The first paragraph pretty much settles the tone of the article. I've seen plenty of evidence that what is written there is not what actually happened, but the writers want to believe it, people like you want to believe it, and it becomes the whole truth.

One example: In the Rafah incident, two teenage Palestinian kids waving a white flag and trying to surrender were shot by Palestinian gunmen. It was caught on film. I'd be really curious to know if you, or anyone else, has heard this anywhere else.

The 53 former diplomats who wrote the letter are not exactly disinterested parties.

I've got a bridge for sale to anyone who thinks Abbas' problems were due to anyone other than a power-crazed Yasser Arafat.

The rest of the article is the usual unnamed sources and selective interviews. Has it ever occurred to anyone that the same two or three "unnamed officials" could be providing opinions for dozens of different stories?