Ben Cohen of the AJC wrote to me about the Reut Institute’s point in our recent report on Israel’s challenge of delegitimization about ”engaging the critics and isolating the delegitimizers.”
Ben gave an interesting example about a piece that he wrote for several blogs attacking a British Labour MP who wrote a disgracefully anti-Semitic article about Israel.
Andrew Sullivan – who has been locked in a bruising argument with Leon Wieseltier, after the latter accused him of anti-Semitism – approvingly linked Ben’s piece, notwithstanding that Sullivan continues to be a strong challenger of Israel.
Sullivan is considered one of the top political bloggers in the world, and the piece Ben wrote moved him to state that anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism often overlap.
So, as Ben says, our challenge is to explore how to get other prominent critics to follow his example, and thus set some parameters for reasonable, policy-driven, debate about Israel.
(taken from my blog Gidi Grinstein: A Link in the Chain)
General
Amit Granek
Yuval Holtzmann
Ronit Gudes
Gidi Grinstein
Gaddy Weissman
Calev Ben Dor
Yossi Horesh
Dana Preisler
Omri Dagan
Eran Shayshon
Liran Bainvol
Merav Pick
Noa Ecker
Netaly Ophir
Yariv Mann
Reut Institute
Omri Zegen
Yael Weisz
Toni Hasson
Talia Gorodess
Gil Murciano
Anat Horowitz
Abed Assli
Daphna Kaufman
Shay Gurion
Elad Leshem
Aliza Petrack
Jessica Brandt
Yael Brendel
Martin Ben Moreh
yotamhacohen
Jeremy Fischer
Eden Gallanter
Gidi,
One of the issues of the Delegitimizers is the concept of one-state. as it appears in Reut’s blogs:
“This concept represents a form of Anti-Zionism that relies on political theory, coupled with current demographic trends, to deny the right of Jews to self-determination in their own state.”
Would you include our prime minister, Bibi, and the right wing parties as a part of the organizations who work towards the one-state solution?
Lary