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July 20, 2023

There’s No Taboo against Criticizing Israel

Fortunately, Israel is thriving despite the calumnies and hit jobs.

After the Washington congresswoman Pramila Jayapal referred to Israel as “a racist state” at a far-left conference last week, Michelle Goldberg—one of the New York Times’s anti-Israel columnists—rushed to her defense. Amidst a flurry of anti-Zionist libels, Goldberg disingenuously described Jayapal’s statement as a “gaffe.” She also expressed the familiar opinion—one shared, inter alia, by her fellow political commentator Nick Fuentes—that, “when it comes to American politics,” Israel is “protected by a thick lattice of taboos.” Abe Greenwald comments:

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July 20, 2023

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    Fortunately, Israel is thriving despite the calumnies and hit jobs.

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