Thread by @AdamWagner1

I watched the debate over @IlhanMN. I flipped and flopped but I think I come down pretty much where @mehdirhasan does:

- Tweets were a bit crass and clumsy
- It shouldn't be taboo to mention the influence of lobbying for foreign govts including Israel

theintercept.com/2019/02/12/the…

The Jewish community is right to be cautious over the rise of antisemitic tropes

But. There must enough free speech space to have a fierce, sometimes emotional debate over what is happening in Israel and Palestine.

Not always easy when the circles in the Venn Diagram can cross

With Netanyahu in charge and Israel moving ever rightwards it's even more urgent to keep the lines of criticism fully open.

The responsibility cuts both ways though - critics should be aware of the danger of slipping into conspiracism, as sometimes happens

As with all things Twitter, most of the difficulties can be overcome by listening and assuming good faith, as I wrote here prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/how-t…