Left-Wing Critics of Israel Are Using the Language of David Duke and the Hitler Youth
The ugly term “Jewish supremacy.”
July 1, 2021
The ugly term “Jewish supremacy.”
Earlier this year, the Israeli organization B’tselem issued a report accusing the Jewish state of implementing “a regime of Jewish supremacy.” The same phrase has appeared recently in a condemnation of Israel written by a group of Jewish-studies professors, an op-ed in a Connecticut news outlet, and a report from a scholar at the prestigious Brookings institution. Gil Troy notes the history of this ugly locution:
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Login or SubscribeThe ugly term “Jewish supremacy.”
A mother’s plea.
An irrevocable bond.
A boy, his grandfather, and the Statue of Liberty.
WeWork’s familiar tale of hubris and avarice.