I'm not aware of any dual-loyalty Catholics passing the pope government secrets, but if there were, I'd be against it! I haven't noticed our government's policies as being disturbingly pro-Italian. Also, I'm not aware of any Catholic spies being caught from Italy like Jonathon Pollard. Is Israel STILL trying to get that "hero" released?
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" Native-born Americans of Italian or Polish ancestry are not Poles or Italians; while they may feel a sentimental attachment to the country of their ancestors’ origin, this is rarely strong enough to make them care deeply about its fate. A strongly identified Jew, on the other hand, must care deeply about Israel’s fate, because Israel is the state of the Jewish people and a sense of Jewish peoplehood is an intrinsic part of being Jewish. A large number of American Jews feel attached to Israel in a way that no other American ethnic group feels attached to any other country, and it is not only false but also demeaning for Jews to deny this.
In this sense, “dual loyalty” is not an anti-Semitic libel but a fact of life. Many Jews do feel an allegiance to Israel that is as great as their allegiance to America, not because they do not love America — it would be hard for them not to love a place in which Jews have lived better and in a friendlier atmosphere than they have anywhere else in their long history — but because they love Israel,too.They would be placed in a highly difficult position if Israel and America were ever to become enemies, or even if the two countries’ interests were to diverge sharply." |
