By Cnaan Liphshiz, Haaretz Correspondent: Study: U.S. Jewry's willingness to strengthen Israel ties very low
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Title:Thanks, but no thanks
Name:Aaron Levitt
City: New YorkState: NY
It`s a sad comment on the state of Israeli Jews when they have to look to the hypothetical future suffering of Jews in the U.S. to justify their own behavior. I seriously doubt that these doomsday scenarios will occur, but, if they do, Israeli policies and actions will be partly responsible. I certainly won`t look to Israel for shelter, much less lend some sort of retroactive legitimacy to the State`s unnacceptable behavior. Don`t kid yourselves; Israel`s oppression of the Palestinians isn`t for, or to, my benefit, or that of any other American Jew. Of course, it is far worse for the Israelis, themselves, but they`ll have to come to understand that on their own.