Jewish-American Organizations Have Abandoned the Israeli Left

As ultra-Zionist groupthink engulfs even those who once called for human rights, liberal Jewish American groups have joined their conservative counterparts in a McCarthyist campaign to crush dissent.

by David Sheen

The Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip called "Protective Edge" will eventually come to an end. But the destruction wrought upon Gaza and its people has been monstrous - according to one calculation, explosives equal to the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima - and it will be a source of great suffering for years and decades to come.

With the fatalities being borne overwhelmingly by the Palestinian side, it seems inappropriate to speak of Jewish losses. However, it is important to note a passing that will have repercussions for both Israelis and Palestinians in the future. For in addition to the 2,000 dead Palestinians and 60 dead Israelis, the assault has produced another casualty: the pretense that diasporic Jewish leaders are any more liberal than their Israeli counterparts.