Netanyahu says that the boycott law reflects democracy in Israel. Tzipi Livni responds, “You are leading Israel into an abyss.”
Walter Russell Mead, long an Israel defender at Council on Foreign Relations, writes:
“Israel shoots self in foot. Again…. a bill of dubious constitutionality and even more dubious merit passed the Knesset…. it erodes the democratic value of the state.”
Now even Jeffrey Goldberg is calling on American Jews to boycott Netanyahu.
As for my headline, remember: Zionism is a Diaspora creation. Zionism is utterly dependent on the Diaspora. Change the Diasporans’ minds and…
