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Eitan Fischberger

Eitan Fischberger is a Middle East analyst based in Israel. His work has been published in National Review, NBC News, New York Daily News, Tablet Magazine and other news outlets. Tweet him @EFischberger.

Anti-Zionist students will intensify intimidation towards their peers by not simply threatening to boycott pro-Israel students, but “undecided” ones, too. They’ll offer an ultimatum: join us or face social ostracization.
Not only does their code of ethics aim to minimize collateral damage through a stringent “purity of arms” policy, but it also helps inculcate virtues in its servicemen and women, such as restraint, responsibility, discipline and the sanctity of human life.
The Jewish state has its fair share of problems, but what it has accomplished in the few years since establishing a perfectly imperfect little country is astonishing.
Any country with similar laws to the Jewish state would be considered democratic, yet only for Israel has democracy’s definition been altered. Is it a product of semantics or politics?