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December 27, 2005
Opinion: Why Does the Left Hate Israel?
Since I don't pretend to be a disinterested non-ideological blogger looking for the truth (I'm clearly right-winger on most issues because I think it is the right moral position) I feel rather dirty after criticizing the Bush administration in my last entry. Thus, I'm thankful to The American Thinker for re-publishing the following piece, which has help me get in touch with my inner right-winger once again: Why Does the Left Hate Israel?
For decades, most American Jews have believed there were far greater threats from the fringe right than the fringe left in this country. While this view may have been reasonable in the past, it is certainly not so today. The fringe right still exists- the neo-Nazis in Northwest Idaho, Matthew Hale, and David Duke, and the remnants of the KKK. But the views of the fringe right have been marginalized by their repudiation by virtually all mainstream elements on the political right.The fringe left, on the other hand, has evolved into a broader left, and become more mainstream. The political perspective of this new left is vehemently anti-Israel, and the power and reach of this movement represent a real threat to Israel, and by extension to Jews who support Israel.[...]
Posted by Ruy Diaz at December 27, 2005 1:37 PM
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