Messianic anti-Zionism?
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I have long believed that anti-Zionism is basically a thinly disguised form of anti-Semitism.
But what about Jewish anti-Zionism? Is that a rare thing?
Maybe not. If these numbers are accurate, there is an undeniable contrast between the thinking of American Jews and the thinking of Israeli Jews. A contrast so large as to raise legitimate questions about the extent of Jewish anti-Zionism in the United States:
>>> Barack Hussein Obama received nearly eighty percent of the Jewish vote and still garners strong approval among America's Jews. In contrast, only six percent of Jewish Israelis support Obama. <<<
That is a huge divergence of opinion, and it leads me to wonder about several things.
First of all, it belies the conspiratorial claim that the scheming Jews are of one mind. In fact, it makes me wonder whether American Jews (whom the author calls "sycophantic American brethren") are in fact reliable allies of Israel.
The whole piece is depressing as hell to read, and I guess I can hope the author (Abraham H. Miller, emeritus professor of political science and a former head of the Intelligence Studies Section of the International Studies Association) is wrong. Unlike Israeli Jews, he argues, American Jews embrace victimhood, and thus dislike Israel:
>>> Obama's anti-Israel stand will not find opposition in the Jewish community; it will find endorsement. Liberal American Jews embrace victimhood. The idea of a tough Israel willing to defend itself is counter to the psychological needs of the liberal American Jewish community, needs that might best be described as battered-wife syndrome. If Palestinians in Gaza launch missiles at Sderot, it is because Israel has done something wrong. "Oh, Palestinians only launch missiles and suicide bombers because they have no other way to protest. If only Israel gave them more land. If only Israel took up the road blocks. If only Israel apologized to them for causing them to blow up pizza parlors, discos, and shopping malls. If only Israel understood their culture."<<<
Do most American Jews really think that way? Professor Miller thinks so, and he has more:
>>> Obama represents the wedge between Israelis and liberal American Jews. For the latter, Obama still garners high numbers in the polls; among the former, it is hard to find an Israeli Jew who does not understand the threat Obama presents to his very survival.
Liberal Jews are generally a secular people, but they are not a godless people, and in Barack Obama, they have certainly found their messiah.<<<
Can this actually be true? Do the majority of American Jews really see Obama as their messiah?
I hope not. But if they do, I guess that wrecks another common stereotype....
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