Opinion: How to talk about Israel, and how not to, JRubinBlogger writes
President Trump speaks during the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual leadership meeting in Las Vegas on April 6.
When Trump’s vice president and congressional allies tell attendees at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference that only one party is pro-Israel, that undermines the long-term interests of Israel, which depend on bipartisan support for the Jewish state. Nevertheless, Beto O’Rourke showed how inexperience and tone-deafness can get a politician in trouble.
Does this mean one has to be an uncritical apologist for objectionable policies? Of course not. Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Ind., phrased his sentiments in precise, appropriate terms. The Jerusalem Post reported:
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