The Arab League Loses Interest in the Palestinians
No longer the paramount unifying issue.
August 3, 2016
Imperfect nations do not lose their right to exist.
Yesterday, the Israeli daily Haaretz published twin essays by American scholars of Jewish history announcing their disillusionment with and antipathy toward Zionism. The first author—who declares she will not only cease attending the World Zionist Congress but also cease buying Israeli products—complains that the “death of vast numbers of Jewish communities as a result of Zionist activity has impoverished the Jewish people.” Haviv Rettig Gur responds:
No longer the paramount unifying issue.
Imperfect nations do not lose their right to exist.
Left-wing journalists fear losing their monopoly.
Or was he a double agent?
With a unique design for its kiln.
Yesterday, the Israeli daily Haaretz published twin essays by American scholars of Jewish history announcing their disillusionment with and antipathy toward Zionism. The first author—who declares she will not only cease attending the World Zionist Congress but also cease buying Israeli products—complains that the “death of vast numbers of Jewish communities as a result of Zionist activity has impoverished the Jewish people.” Haviv Rettig Gur responds:
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