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September 6, 2017

Sebastian Gorka and the Truth about Jewish Liberals and American Politics

Most Jewish liberals don’t hate Israel, but they don’t give a free pass to Israel’s defenders.

In a recent radio interview, the outgoing White House counterterrorism adviser claimed that his pro-Israel positions were the source of much of the criticism directed at him during his tenure. Gorka went on to suggest that the “liberal elements of the American Jewish population have basically become anti-Israeli. It’s the greatest, saddest paradox.” But, writes, Jonathan Tobin, Gorka misunderstands the Jewish left—much as the Jewish left has misunderstood him:

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