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The Debate about Israel in America

(JNS) Jonathan S. Tobin - Both Americans and Israelis need to understand that the war in Gaza is just one front in a conflict with Iran that is, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rightly told Congress, a battle "between civilization and barbarism." Iran's fomenting of terrorist wars across the Middle East is a threat to America's security. It's important to realize that the debate among Americans about Israel isn't really about its military tactics or the advisability of a ceasefire agreement or even if they comprehend the threat from Iran. The argument is really about whether the lies about the one Jewish state on the planet being an "apartheid" state composed of "white" oppressors of people of color will be accepted by the American people. Most Americans remain strong supporters of the Jewish state. That this is so even after nearly 10 months of nonstop incitement and biased reporting is a reflection of the way support for Zionism is baked deep into the political DNA of the U.S. If Israel is to retain the support of the U.S. in the years to come, it will only happen if the tide driving the libels about the war and Zionism is rolled back by Americans who are fed up with their institutions being captured by radicals.
2024-07-28 00:00:00
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