Israel has revoked the press permit of one of its citizens, Elias Karram. Karram, who works for Al Jazeera and once described himself as a member of the “resistance,” is accused of being a partisan agent of Palestinian terrorist groups.

At first glance, I have some sympathy for Israel here. As a democracy bound to the independent rule of law, Israel grants its enemies vastly more rights than its foes do in return. Indeed, for a taste of how one of Israel’s paramount enemies, the Lebanese Hezbollah, treats its adversaries, consider CIA Beirut station chief, William Buckley. Kidnapped by the Lebanese Hezbollah (“the Party of God”) in 1984, Buckley was then tortured for a year. His friend, Gordon Thomas, describes one of the videos sent by Hezbollah to CIA headquarters.