September 21, 2011

Quote of the Day

Jonathan Chaitat New York magazine:

One of the frustrating conventions of American-Jewish thought is to use the term "pro-Israel" to mean "the most right-wing position possible on Israel." It's a useful concept for helping to understand why, say, Jimmy Carter or Pat Buchanan is not a friend of the Jewish state. But the framework begins to collapse when the boundaries of pro-Israel thinking adopt a more right-wing position than even the right-wing party within Israel. That is the position the Republican Party seems to be currently approaching

Posted by Stephen Silver at September 21, 2011 09:26 PM
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