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The most dishonest and reprehensible article from @PeterBeinart that I’ve read since his last one
The Real Reason So Many Republicans Love Israel? Their Own White Supremacy. jd.fo/hulK via @jdforward
The Real Reason So Many Republicans Love Israel? Their Own White Supremacy. jd.fo/hulK via @jdforward
“The reason is that Republicans no longer talk about Israel like it’s a foreign country. They conflate love of Israel with love of America because they see Israel as a model for what they want America to be: An ethnic democracy.”
”Israel is a Jewish state. Trump and many of his allies want America to be a white, Judeo-Christian state. Israel, despite its free elections and parliamentary institutions, structurally privileges one ethnic & religious group over others. That’s what many Republicans want here”
“In the press, commentators often overlook the right’s affinity for ethnic democracy in favor of other explanations for GOP support of Israel. But those other explanations are at best incomplete.”
“A common argument is that Republicans love Israel because of its commitment to democracy and human rights.
Most Republicans also want Israel to rule the West Bank, where Palestinians live under military law without the right to vote for the government that controls their lives”
Most Republicans also want Israel to rule the West Bank, where Palestinians live under military law without the right to vote for the government that controls their lives”
“If you support Israel’s undemocratic control of the West Bank, democracy is probably not the reason you support Israel.”
“Republican support for Israel, in other words, isn’t driven by American Christians as a whole. It’s driven by conservative white Christians, whose political identity sits at the intersection of religion and race.”
Utter trash, Beinart ^^^^
Utter trash, Beinart ^^^^
