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by Alan M. Dershowitz • July 14,
2017 at 7:30 pm
- "We
shall . . . prevent any theocratic tendencies from coming to the
fore on the part of our priesthood. We shall keep our priests
[by which is meant Rabbis] within the confines of heir
temples." – Theodor Herzl, Der Judenstaat
- Tough
love may be an appropriate response in family matters, but
boycotting a troubled nation which has become a pariah among the
hard-left is not the appropriate response to the Israeli
government's recent decisions regarding religion. The answer is
not disengagement, but rather greater engagement....
- To
do otherwise is to engage in a form of BDS – the tactic
currently employed by Israel's enemies to delegitimate the
Nation state of the Jewish people. Supporters of BDS will point
to these benign boycotts as a way of justifying their malignant
ones.... The role of American Jews is limited to persuasion, not
coercion.
Western Wall
In Israel (Photo from PublicDomainPictures.net)
Several prominent American Zionists – including
long-time supporters of Israel – are so outraged at the Israeli
government's recent decision regarding the Western Wall and
non-orthodox conversion, that they are urging American Jews to reduce
or even eliminate their support for Israel. According to an article
by Elliot Abrams in Mosaic, Ike Fisher a prominent member of the
AIPAC [American Israel Public Affairs Committee] board, threatened to
"suspend" all further financial support for Israel. Daniel
Gordis, a leading voice for Conservative Judaism, urged American Jews
to cancel their El Al tickets and fly Delta or United. He also
proposed "withholding donations to Israeli hospitals, so that
'They start running out of money' and 'begin to falter.'" This
sort of emotional response is reminiscent of the temper tantrum
outgoing President Barak Obama engaged in when he refused to veto the
UN's recent anti-Israel resolution.
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