Monday, January 18, 2016

The left-wing double standard on Israel

by Amram Altzman for newvoices.com   

When the documentary “The J Street Challenge” was released in 2014, one of its main arguments was that while certain Israel advocacy groups who claim to be bipartisan are acceptable political advocates, left-wing political groups, like J Street, should be condemned as beyond the pale of acceptable conversation about Israel for disagreeing with the Israeli government. When Israeli right-wing group Im Tirtzu released an advertisement last week that publicly threatened members of left-wing groups, including the director of public outreach for Breaking The Silence, Jews who talk about Israel once again had the same reaction: Organizations like Breaking The Silence are beyond the pale of acceptable discourse, and should be condemned.

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