Israel is one of the most hated nations among members of the Transnational Totalitarian Progressive Movement. Leftwing media outlets like Huffington Post, Daily Kos, Think Progress, MSNBC, CNN and the NY Times constantly bash Israel. Universities in America and Europe have anti-Israel rallies and many on the left invent conspiracies involving Zionists. This is a sick and unhealthy obsession with the nation of Israel, but it is no shock. Progressivism comes from the same Anti-Semitic root as Nazism.
It begins, reasonably, as a response to apparently unnecessary violence by Israel. Then it moves on to accuse Israel of expanding on land the Arabs insist is theirs. Nothing wrong with criticizing that, surely. Israel, a state, deserves to be judged like any other.
Even those friendly toward Israel have often felt duty bound to point out its mistakes. In more innocent times, I imagined that intellectuals in the West paid careful attention to Israel’s faults because they expected it to set a high standard. Who would worry about the moral status of, say, Bolivia? No one except Bolivians. Jews, however, live with the injunction to be (as Isaiah quotes God) “A light unto the nations.”
But now everything has changed. Opposing Israel has become an institutionalized ritual. It’s now a movement across Europe and North America. It has its traditions, like Israel Apartheid Week, celebrated every spring in universities, often the cause of riots and an occasion to intimidate Jewish students. Vehement opposition to Israel appears to be the major interest of thousands of people all over the world. Many are Muslims, sympathizing with the Palestinians, but many are not. This week, attacks on Israel once more appeared on the agenda of the general council meeting of the United Church of Canada, a critic of Israel for generations.
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The fact that Progressives hate Israel is just one of the many reasons to support Israel. It is also no coincidence that the left collaborates with the Totalitarian Islamists against Israel. 10 years ago most people supported Israel, and a majority still do. However, now there is a growing Anti-Israel attitude among those 25 and younger. This is due to Progressive brainwashing and the mainstreaming of Anti-Semitism under the guise of Anti-Zionism.
Israel is a nation that all on the Right should support.
Tags: Politics, Progressive Movement
