Influencers Won’t Save Israel’s Good Name

Accusations of genocide have succeeded not because of reasoned arguments but because of emotional appeals, the misuse of authority, and the power of social media. Influential Jews have reasonably concluded that, to combat such libels, similar methods must be used. Yet, as in most efforts to fight anti-Semitism, there is a gulf between ends and means. Aaron Kaplowitz examines the work of some of the “influencers” who have won the support of Jewish donors and organizations—and even Israel itself—and found something not so different from the phenomena Devorah Goldman described in her latest column: