March 11, 2019
DUAL LOYALTY:
A Dangerous Conflation of Terms: "Anti-Israel" and "Anti-Semitic" (Joseph Mussomeli, 3/11/19, Imaginative Conservative)
I remain a staunch supporter of the Israeli state; indeed, more than supporting the state as such, I firmly believe in the idea of Israel as a safe-haven and refuge for all times for a people who have been appallingly oppressed for centuries. I would go even further to say that there remains an outrageous double standard regarding Israel-the plain truth is we expect far more in terms of freedom and democracy from Israel than we do from any of our other Middle Eastern allies.
Likewise, we require more of South Korea than of North, yet no one considers this anti-Koreanism. The notion that certain peoples need not meet the universalist standards of the Declaration is bigotry.
Posted by Orrin Judd at March 11, 2019 8:58 AM