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Poll: Quarter of US Jews Believe Israel is Apartheid, Genocidal State
The Jewish Electorate Institute, a voter initiative of Jewish Democrats, released a poll of views on Israel. It is a remarkable poll both for its results and for the questions it asked. Previous polls by J Street, American Jewish Committee and Pew have offered useful information on changing attitudes, but neglected to ask questions they […]
Two Cheers for Democracy, Three for One-State
The two state solution is dead. There are a few who haven’t gotten the memo, including Tony Blinken, Joe Biden and most of the rest of the Democratic Party. Also including liberal Zionists, meaning most of the Israel Lobby i.e. all the leading UK and American Jewish organizations There’s a reason one-state is especially attractive […]
Meron Disaster and the Dangers of Theocracy
Let’s begin at the beginning: Israel is a theocracy. Not a democracy. To be more precise, it is an ethno-theocracy, in which a single religion enjoys supremacy over others; and that religion controls dominant levers of social and political state power. This may seem somewhat afield from the post title, but bear with me. Every […]
