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The Pro-Israel Wing of the Pro-Israel Community
Those who make no apologies for the Jewish State.
April 12, 2016
Daniel Greenfield
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The pro-Israel wing of the pro-Israel community believes in Israel.
It does not believe in a two-state solution. It has never embraced the delusional fantasy that a terrorist state dedicated to destroying Israel will live side by side with it.
It does not believe that Israel has anything to apologize for. Its ranks are not filled with ashamed Jews who turn red every time they see a headline about Israel blowing away a Hamas terrorist. Instead it knows that it is the Islamic terrorists and their media enablers who ought to be ashamed.
What distinguishes the pro-Israel wing of the pro-Israel community most of all is not policy, but pride.
We like to think of ourselves as rational people who make logical decisions. But human beings are emotional creatures. We have our loyalties and allegiances. Underneath these churn emotional cauldrons. Fear, anxiety, anger, shame, pride and pain are all there. Along with many others.
The anti-Israel wing of the pro-Israel community is motivated by anger and shame. The amorphous blob at the center of the pro-Israel community feels mingled fear, pride and shame. But the pro-Israel wing of the pro-Israel community feels a pure pride untarnished by the neurotic tics of liberal or illiberal Zionism. It needs no hyphens in its Zionism and makes no apologies for its activism. Its pro-Israel activism is not subservient to the good opinion of CNN, the Washington Post or the New York Times.
All the activism of the pro-Israel center comes with a “but”, audible or inaudible, embedded at the end of every sentence. The pro-Israel wing of the pro-Israel community is refreshingly free of these asterisks of guilt. It does not stay up all night worrying about the other side. That is why it is pro-Israel.
The authentic pro-Israel activist does not split the moral difference with the suicide bombers and the beheaders. She does not give equal time to poverty in Gaza when discussing the rockets fired from Gaza. She does not fantasize about reclaiming the moral high ground, but boldly bestrides it. She does not apologize for Israel. Instead she demands that the international sponsors of PLO terrorism in Israel apologize for the murdered Israeli men, women and children whose blood is on their hands.
The pro-Israel wing of the pro-Israel community has always been right. It was right when it warned that the deal with PLO would lead to a terrorist state inside Israel. It was right when it cautioned that the deal would end up dividing Jerusalem. It was right when it said that rockets would fall on Israeli cities.
At every turn it has been proven right. And the more it was proven right, the more it had to be ignored.
The mushy pro-Israel center clings to a discredited fantasy of peace. The anti-Israel left has nothing to offer but hate. The only meaningful part of the pro-Israel community is its pro-Israel wing. The pro-Israel wing is where proud Jews go when they are tired of apologizing, of being moderate and losing anyway.
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The Jewish community is being divided between those who make no apologies for supporting Israel and those who make no apologies for wanting to destroy it. The mushy center will deflate and fade away. The anti-Israel left will throw off its liberal Zionist disguise and gleefully revel in its maddened hate.
The day is coming when only one part of the pro-Israel community will remain; the pro-Israel part.
The Pro-Israel Wing of the Pro-Israel Community
The Pro-Israel Wing of the Pro-Israel Community
Those who make no apologies for the Jewish State.
April 12, 2016
Daniel Greenfield
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The pro-Israel wing of the pro-Israel community believes in Israel.
It does not believe in a two-state solution. It has never embraced the delusional fantasy that a terrorist state dedicated to destroying Israel will live side by side with it.
It does not believe that Israel has anything to apologize for. Its ranks are not filled with ashamed Jews who turn red every time they see a headline about Israel blowing away a Hamas terrorist. Instead it knows that it is the Islamic terrorists and their media enablers who ought to be ashamed.
What distinguishes the pro-Israel wing of the pro-Israel community most of all is not policy, but pride.
We like to think of ourselves as rational people who make logical decisions. But human beings are emotional creatures. We have our loyalties and allegiances. Underneath these churn emotional cauldrons. Fear, anxiety, anger, shame, pride and pain are all there. Along with many others.
The anti-Israel wing of the pro-Israel community is motivated by anger and shame. The amorphous blob at the center of the pro-Israel community feels mingled fear, pride and shame. But the pro-Israel wing of the pro-Israel community feels a pure pride untarnished by the neurotic tics of liberal or illiberal Zionism. It needs no hyphens in its Zionism and makes no apologies for its activism. Its pro-Israel activism is not subservient to the good opinion of CNN, the Washington Post or the New York Times.
All the activism of the pro-Israel center comes with a “but”, audible or inaudible, embedded at the end of every sentence. The pro-Israel wing of the pro-Israel community is refreshingly free of these asterisks of guilt. It does not stay up all night worrying about the other side. That is why it is pro-Israel.
The authentic pro-Israel activist does not split the moral difference with the suicide bombers and the beheaders. She does not give equal time to poverty in Gaza when discussing the rockets fired from Gaza. She does not fantasize about reclaiming the moral high ground, but boldly bestrides it. She does not apologize for Israel. Instead she demands that the international sponsors of PLO terrorism in Israel apologize for the murdered Israeli men, women and children whose blood is on their hands.
The pro-Israel wing of the pro-Israel community has always been right. It was right when it warned that the deal with PLO would lead to a terrorist state inside Israel. It was right when it cautioned that the deal would end up dividing Jerusalem. It was right when it said that rockets would fall on Israeli cities.
At every turn it has been proven right. And the more it was proven right, the more it had to be ignored.
The mushy pro-Israel center clings to a discredited fantasy of peace. The anti-Israel left has nothing to offer but hate. The only meaningful part of the pro-Israel community is its pro-Israel wing. The pro-Israel wing is where proud Jews go when they are tired of apologizing, of being moderate and losing anyway.
...
The Jewish community is being divided between those who make no apologies for supporting Israel and those who make no apologies for wanting to destroy it. The mushy center will deflate and fade away. The anti-Israel left will throw off its liberal Zionist disguise and gleefully revel in its maddened hate.
The day is coming when only one part of the pro-Israel community will remain; the pro-Israel part.
The Pro-Israel Wing of the Pro-Israel Community
