Notice that the American Jewish Committee went to Israel and met with Netanyahu for an hour and the head of the AJC comes out thundering about the delegitimization of Israel. This is what’s hurting them more than anything: the transformation of Israel’s image by what process? By its critics doing their utmost to reveal the truth about the country’s behavior to the world…(thanks to Jeff Blankfort) AJC’s David Harris reflects the desperation:
He called upon the audience to reclaim the narrative of Zionism. ”Why do we consent to use the vocabulary and rhetoric of our enemies?” Harris asked the group. “Instead of responding to BDS and the campaign to delegitimize the State of Israel, let’s take the offensive and reframe the discussion, speaking with passion and conviction of Israel’s inherent legitimacy in a campaign for truth and for justice. Rather than bemoan BDS, why not launch HDS, the ‘Hypocrisy and Double Standards’ watch for those who obsessively and reflexively target Israel for every perceived wrong in the world?”
