Thursday 17 January 2013

Liberal Jews on Israel

Isi Leibler asks Liberal Jewish Israel bashers: Ignorant or malicious?

One would wish to believe that much of the condemnation of Israel by liberal Jews, compounded by purportedly being grounded on Jewish values, is not malicious but based on ignorance. The blame for such behavior could then be directed solely toward Israel’s failure to convey the reality of our situation.

Yet sadly, one becomes increasingly convinced that many Jewish liberals have closed minds and do not wish to be enlightened, because their principal motivation is to demonstrate to their “progressive” friends that they are more open-minded, universal and tolerant than their “bigoted” Israeli kinsmen.

Read more:  http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=299831

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