The same Larry Summers who was a prime architect of the Great Recession thinks it's terrible to "single out Israel" for its rampant human rights abuses in Palestine.
Israel Has Been ?Singled Out? in the US for a Very Long Time » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names
"As has been widely reported, the American Studies Association, the umbrella organization of academics devoted to the study of US literature, history and culture, recently voted to join the movement to boycott Israeli academic institutions.
"In the days since that historic vote, numerous high-profile US supporters of the Jewish state have vehemently decried the scholarly associations historic decision..."
"Considering all the countries in the world where human rights abuses are rife, why in the world is the ASA so concerned about Israel, the only 'democratic state' in the Middle East?
"Why is this organization, along with the millions of others who support the BDS movement, 'singling Israel out' for such punitive treatment?
"One is left to wonder.
"Do these people always treat the intelligence of their audience with such contempt..."
"As anyone who has not been living under a rock for the last 50 years knows, Israel has, it is true, long been singled out in America . for extraordinary levels of financial, military and diplomatic support from the United States government."
Nothing in the last 46 years (at least) has been "normal" about the US singling out Israel for preferential treatment. Maybe it's time some Jews should embrace the old adage: "to whom much is given, much is expected."
Israel Has Been ?Singled Out? in the US for a Very Long Time » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names
"As has been widely reported, the American Studies Association, the umbrella organization of academics devoted to the study of US literature, history and culture, recently voted to join the movement to boycott Israeli academic institutions.
"In the days since that historic vote, numerous high-profile US supporters of the Jewish state have vehemently decried the scholarly associations historic decision..."
"Considering all the countries in the world where human rights abuses are rife, why in the world is the ASA so concerned about Israel, the only 'democratic state' in the Middle East?
"Why is this organization, along with the millions of others who support the BDS movement, 'singling Israel out' for such punitive treatment?
"One is left to wonder.
"Do these people always treat the intelligence of their audience with such contempt..."
"As anyone who has not been living under a rock for the last 50 years knows, Israel has, it is true, long been singled out in America . for extraordinary levels of financial, military and diplomatic support from the United States government."
Nothing in the last 46 years (at least) has been "normal" about the US singling out Israel for preferential treatment. Maybe it's time some Jews should embrace the old adage: "to whom much is given, much is expected."