By the right’s logic, Israelis are anti-Israel

[kpete]

By the right’s logic, Israelis are anti-Israel
Let’s call this the statistic of the day.

Israel’s daily Maariv published a poll showing about 57 percent of voters believe Netanyahu should have supported Obama’s initiative, rather than opposing the president.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/25/us-israel-palestinians-netanayhu-idUSTRE74O23520110525
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http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal/2011_05/by_the_rights_logic_israelis_a029855.php

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Time to redefine the term `pro-Israel’
By Adam Serwer

For too long, the term “pro-Israel” in the American political context been used to describe only those who minimize the suffering of Palestinians and actively enable the Israeli right’s attempt to bring the peace process to a halt, even as they offer rhetorical support for the idea of a two state solution. But political changes in the Middle East and demographic changes in the region have created a shrinking window of time for Israel to seek a resolution to the conflict on terms favorable to its long-term survival.

Any objective evaluation of what it means to be “pro-Israel” would mean applying the label to those who recognize the existential peril the country faces, both as a Jewish state and a democracy, as a result of the failure to successfully reach a two-state solution. Instead the term is used to describe those who enable Israel’s most regressive political actors, those whose actions endanger its continued existence. That’s deeply twisted — and tragic.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/time-to-redefine-the-term-pro-israel/2011/03/04/AGM3iGBH_blog.html