Misreading the Legacy of Yitzḥak Rabin
Thanks to him, left and right have switched sides.
December 29, 2015
A fundamental reversal.
Pope Francis, in an October address, declared not only that the “state of Israel has every right to exist in safety and prosperity” but that anti-Zionism is a form of anti-Semitism. In doing so, writes Kevin Madigan, he has reversed a longstanding tradition of Catholic opposition to Jewish statehood:
Thanks to him, left and right have switched sides.
A fundamental reversal.
Turning Islam into a new taboo.
The birth of Jewish studies.
Ill-defined movements are not growing ones.
Pope Francis, in an October address, declared not only that the “state of Israel has every right to exist in safety and prosperity” but that anti-Zionism is a form of anti-Semitism. In doing so, writes Kevin Madigan, he has reversed a longstanding tradition of Catholic opposition to Jewish statehood:
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