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The Rev. Al Sharpton is an apt example of the painful contradictions between fighting racism and fighting anti-Semitism.
Let’s take a look at what Israel has contributed to the world, and compare it to Iran in a few key metrics of a healthy society.
The obligation to pursue justice is not negotiable. Neither is the rule of law. Jews and all minorities need both to feel safe.
Western civilization is hanging in the balance. Don’t support the twisted, amoral thinking of those who are on the way to destroying it.
Ideologues who believe that America is still a racist nation are shaping the post-George Floyd narrative. The Jewish community should not support this false vision.
J Street’s mantra may captivate and intrigue the unsuspecting young adult who supports Israel yet opposes its government’s policies. But the J Street on paper is not the J Street in action.
If coronavirus restrictions on religious services are enforced while anti-racism mass protests are allowed, are the lockdowns still valid? And has the rule of law vanished?
Suddenly, the discussion is no longer about the identity of the coronavirus carriers; no accusations are being flung at them for the way in which they choose to observe their Judaism.
Jews share the pain of those who protest racism. But extremists who link this crime to Israel’s efforts to defend itself against Palestinian terror are spreading a big lie.
Now in the opposition, the national-religious faction is uniquely positioned to significantly advance the cause of legal reform.
What should we think of those who considered Barack Obama a threat to the Jewish state’s survival, but who now seek to revive his policies merely to spite Trump?
Much as Hugo Chávez and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad used to do, the double-pronged axis is again poking America in the eye.