Opinion: We Can't Let Right Wing Hypocrites Exploit Progressive Fights Over Israel
, finding good people among neo-Nazis, or for providing the xenophobic source material that was on the lips of the Pittsburgh mass murderer when he killed 11 of our people last fall.
But if the partners of neo-Nazis are going to weaponize anti-Semitism for political purposes; if the place for progressive Zionists on the left is at risk of disappearing; if the urgent cry of Palestinians for fundamental human rights is going to be labeled anti-Semitism; if Jews and our allies, especially people-of-color, are going to be divided when we need an informed solidarity more than ever? Well, it’s time to find more courage.
As a diaspora Jew, I strongly support Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish, democratic state. I find meaning in the story of our people, our survival through centuries of oppression, and the complicated return to the place our story started.
But I strongly disagree with those who jump from demanding an end to the occupation to calling for an end to the Jewish state itself. I oppose the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement against Israel not because of its tactics – of course BDS supporters have the right to this form of peaceful protest – but because its core platform is incompatible with Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state.
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