Wednesday, September 02, 2015

The Cultural Cognition of the Pro-Israel Consensus, Continued

My follow-up column is now up on Tablet. It gives three recommendations to the pro-Israel movement to avoid a partisan schism where "pro-Israel" is equated with "right-wing". In a nutshell: First, don't treat someone as a permanent adversary just because they oppose you on one issue; second, take back control of the movement from partisan (often Evangelical) groups who have no interest in preserving the historical pro-Israel consensus, and three, eliminate the double-standard whereby liberal deviations from the pro-Israel orthodoxy are policed to the letter while conservative departures are treated with kid gloves.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

After watching this from the presumptive Democratic nominee for POTUS, does it make you less concerned about the polarization of Israel in US party politics?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUzjCM6ze0Y