I've been on the road for the past several
days and out of the loop so to speak. I just got home last night.
I read a blog post
by Jonathan Tobin from Commentary today where I discovered that the
post-Zionist poster boy of the American Jewish left Peter Beinart is now
accusing Israel's non-Jewish supporters of being anti-Semites.
Beinart
you see, thinks that an anti-Semite is someone who criticizes
anti-Zionist (or post-Zionist, or fair-weathered Zionist) American Jews
for hanging Israel out to dry.
So if a non-Jew criticizes, say
Peter Beinart for spewing nonsense about how Israel's rejection of
Beinart's positions on territorial surrender legitimizes anti-Israel
sentiment, then that person is an anti-Semite.
Beinart, after
all, criticizes Israel as a Jew so since he does it as a Jew, attacking
him for making ridiculous accusations against Israel makes you an
anti-Semite.
There is a wider context for
Beinart's position. Beinart has closely associated himself with J Street
the pro-Palestinian lobbying group run by American Jews. During the
last election cycle, J-Street targeted Israel's staunchest supporters in
Congress for defeat. Specifically it targeted Joe Walsh and Allen West,
(both ran in gerrymandered districts), because they refused to support
the establishment of another Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria, (to
the side of the Palestinian state in Gaza which the Left likes to
pretend doesn't exist).
J-Street claimed that West and Walsh
-- among Israel's firmest supporters on the Hill -- were anti-Israel
because they rejected the establishment of another Palestinian terror
state in the historic and strategic heartland of the Jewish state.
Beinart's
attacks on Rupert Murdoch and others who criticize Jews who attack
Israel have to be seen as a continuation of the J Street campaign
against Israel's supporters in Washington.
Jonathan provided the following quote from Beinart's assault on Murdoch:
You see what he is doing here.I don't think anti-Semitism is widespread on the American right, any more than it is widespread on the American left. But when expressed, it should be publicly condemned. Whether it masks itself as hostility to Israel or support for Israel should make no difference at all.
He
is saying that there is no difference between those who support Israel
and decry its critics and those who oppose Israel and decry its
supporters.
This post-modern moral equivalence is absolutely
necessary. If you want to make a completely false argument sound
reasonable, the first thing you have to do is erase all distinction
between good and evil. (See the film clips in my last blog post.)
We
need to be aware of what Beinart and his allies are doing. In the
coming months and years, we should expect more and more of Israel's
supporters to be attacked as anti-Semites by leftist American Jews. The
intention of people like Beinart and J Street is to demonize and
discredit Israel's supporters just as Israel itself is being demonized
and discredited.
In the face of this new initiative it is imperative that we continue to point out the real distinctions.
And
just by way of example, here is Glenn Beck's recent message to the
people of Israel. Remember, Beck was repeatedly and viciously targeted
by leftist American Jews who called him a racist for pointing out that
George Soros admitted to collaborating with the Nazis during the
Holocaust.
G-d bless Glenn Beck
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Beinart's a freakin' idiot. And I'm glad you're home and safe, Carolyn. I've been checking your blog frequently for updates.
Yes but what motivates Beinart, J Street and the
liberal/left to demonize and discredit Israel and her supporters? Two
impulses; the radical left's desire to destroy traditional western
civilization, so as to allow the triumph of Communist 'principles' and,
for the liberal "useful idiots"; moral cowardice, denial of reality and
appeasement.