To the Editor:Re “American Jews in the Age of Palestine,” by Peter Beinart (Opinion guest essay, March 24):There is a fundamental flaw in the article.
Zionism does not require backing the Israeli government; it does assume backing for the State of Israel.
It is a choice to support what many of us believe to be Jewish values, with the domination of the Palestinians being un-Jewish.
Yes, there is a rupture between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Jewish diaspora, but that does not translate to a rupture with Israel, at least not yet.
Since 1913, the ADL has hewed to a strictly nonpartisan strategy in calling out antisemitism — whether it emanates from the far left or the extreme right, or anywhere in between.
Persons:
Peter Beinart, Benjamin Netanyahu, Steven Goldberg Brooklyn, ‘, ”
Organizations:
State, Defamation, “ Republicans, ADL
Locations:
Palestine, Israel