Dror Etkes in Haaretz. Simple, obvious, beautiful:
The story, as one of my friends recently concluded, is no longer about right versus left in Israel, because there is no longer a left in Israel. It is a campaign waged by the right-wing settler movement, assisted by the Netanyahu government, which is playing for time, against the entire world – except for our new friends in the European neo-fascist groups and the American evangelical right. With friends like these, Israel should seriously consider reaching peace with the Arab world, and quickly.
Don’t you get it, Israel lobby? Do you realize what you’ve enabled to save this idea leftover from the 19th century? You may have to sacrifice something in the bargain. Big deal. You will gain the world, and make the Jews leaders in the pursuit of democratic freedom.
