He is brutal and hateful.

I am referring to Ta-Nehisi Coates, the nationally-recognized black intellectual who has made a reputation as a leading writer on race, delivering such a one-sided screed on Israel’s alleged mistreatment of Palestinians that I checked the copyright page to see if the book was published by Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran or other neighboring enemies of Israel.

The worst part of his new best-selling book? Coates is making lots of money from “The Message” by, sadly, peddling hate. He is appearing “everywhere” during his book tour and the focus always is on his condemnation of Israel’s abuse of Palestinians.

No alleged wrongdoing by Israel escapes him during a 10-day visit to the country, from his outrage over having to wait at checkpoints to an Israeli man who was “glaring” at his group during a guided tour. He is angered by a hotel security guard who asked for ID, writing it was less than “N—er” get out” to “What the f___ are you doing here?”

In the 256-page book, he reports on his visits to Daka, Senegal, Columbia, South Carolina and the West Bank and East Jerusalem. This column focuses on his “discussion” of Israel which consumes 117 pages of “The Message.”

Let’s begin by acknowledging and condemning abuses of Palestinians. Many have suffered needlessly and unfairly while the Netanyahu administration has been remiss in addressing the issue. Worse, some in his government have supported the discriminatory practices.

But — here is the major point — overall the two million Arabs (Jews make up just over seven million) have been integrated into Israel’s society. They work alongside Israelis, go to Israeli universities, have had a political party since the founding of the Jewish state in 1948, about 100 Arabs have been members of the Knesset........

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