One of Israel’s prominent pundits subscribes to conspiracy theories, and has strange views of the Arab world. Every time I make the mistake and read yet another article by Ari Shavit – the great bloviator of Israeli pundits – I later wonder why I did this to myself again. For the past few months I forced myself to let it slide, ignore the pompous ranting. Thursday’s column was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Let’s fisk (*) it. To avoid the charge he is being partial to Arab autocrats, Shavit beings his article with: there is no doubt -…