J Street's Isaac Luria called out the Israel Project today:
Does likening the dismantling of illegal settlements in occupied
territories – a policy supported by the U.S. for several
administrations and enacted by the Ariel Sharon and Menachem Begin
governments – to ‘ethnic cleansing’ enhance Israel advocacy or damage it?
Does allying the pro-Israel community further with Pastor John Hagee by appearing at his conference
hurt or help – even after he was seen in the last election cycle to be
so far outside the mainstream of American politics that even the
campaign of John McCain rejected his endorsement?
In fact, does the very concept of “Israel-right-or-wrong” advocacy
really work on an issue and in a time when solving this problem
requires recognition of complexity and nuance?
