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By: Israpundit » Blog Archive » The walt/mearsheimer pushback pushback

Israpundit » Blog Archive » The walt/mearsheimer pushback pushback — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 06:34:10 +0000

[...] Fortunately, Meryl Yourish comes the rescue You are seeing exactly what I wrote about weeks ago: The paper got out there, and now everyone is using it as a justification for the arguments that used to be whispered in private. They were whispered in private because they bear the stink of anti-Semitism. Now, they’re trying to move to the mainstream, and tools like Ivins are helping them right along. [...]

By: Soccer Dad

Soccer Dad — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 06:32:20 +0000

The walt/mearsheimer pushback pushback

This week Richard Cohen defended the Walt/Mearsheimer “Israel Lobby” paper “Not it’s not antisemitic” In a key paragraph Cohen writes Israel’s special place in U.S. foreign policy is deserved, in my view, and not entirely the product of lobbying….

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:21:29 +0000

Meryl,

No, your average lib is a nice enough person. They would never admit to hating anyone but George Bush (and most of those who voted for him). They just vote for those who would destroy Israel and advocate policies that would prostrate the West at the feet of islamists. Other than that they are just peechy.

By: Israpundit » Blog Archive » Where are they?

Israpundit » Blog Archive » Where are they? — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 06:58:41 +0000

[...] Meryl Yourish doesn’t address that, but she writes The real purpose of the paper was to get the lies out there. To make people think less of Israel and Jews. To give the haters another source from which to quote. Watch as these quotes go unchallenged in more and more places. Watch as how, instead of critically examining the paper, people will simply take it at face value and use it as more ammunition against Israel. And more ammunition against American Jews. [...]

By: Soccer Dad

Soccer Dad — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 06:51:14 +0000

Where are they?

In a famous Saturday Night Live Weekend Update, Garrett Morris took umbrage at the portrayal of black women in a ong by Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones. At the end of an outraged polemic, Morris switches his tone and…

By: Yankev

Yankev — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 22:37:29 +0000

Meryl, I agree with you sort of on #8 but not entirely. The growth of anti-Semitism on the left is in my opinion terrifying, whereas anti-Semitism on the right seems to be (SEEMS to be) decreasing. The Buchanans and Dukes have less and less influence in the GOP, while fewer and fewer Democrats seem to be willing to rebuke anti-Semites within their (formerly my, and that’s one reason for “formerly”)party. In the 2004 election, even Sen. Lieberman (for whom I have tremendous respect) kissed up to Al Sharpton. No anti-war demonstration is complete without signs equating Israel to the Nazis ym”sh. Maybe it’s a disagreement over what qualifies as liberal, but unlike 20 years ago, the anti-Semites seem to have found a home on the left that is closer to center and growing moreso as compared to their home on the right, where (Baker, Papa Bush, Novak and a few others aside) their base is diminishing and is increasingly further from center.

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 20:05:29 +0000

Perhaps because modern liberalism doesn’t want us dead or gone.

My closest friend is a liberal. We disagree on nearly every Israel-related issue. But she doesn’t have an anti-Semitic bone in her body, because I couldn’t be friends with someone who did.

There are just as many conservative Jew-haters as there are liberal Jew-haters. Let us not pretend otherwise.

No? Patrick Buchanan. David Duke. Bob Novak. And James Baker is questionable.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:07:04 +0000

It just kills me. You Jews are still mostly liberal even though modern liberalism wants you dead … or just gone. Nonexistent. Your only friends on the planet are rightwing Christians. You’re still liberal. When are you going to learn that liberalism (The Left) is WRONG. About everything. I know I know you think being liberal is about being kind and caring about people and all that. Meanwhile you go about making folks stupid and dependent upon gubmint. Stop giving fish away and start teaching people to fish. Like we conservatives have been trying to tell ya for about 50 years. 3,050 actually. Liberal lefty Kadima is going to destroy Israel and yet most of you are going to go out and vote for them. Suckers.

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:17:17 +0000

You can post a link. I read her take on it.

I think Surfer Dude got it just about right, though.

By: Yankev

Yankev — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:41:59 +0000

Caroline Glick, as usual, was right on the money. After pointing out some of the many flaws and outright lies in this “scholarly” study, she notes

“And herein lies the grave danger inherent their decision to publish their essay. Walt and Mearsheimer — who are both rational men — undoubtedly considered the likely consequences of publishing their views and concluded that the anti-Israel nature of their article would shield them from criticisms of its substandard academic quality. That is, they believe that hostility towards Israel is so acceptable in the US that authors of shoddy research whose publication would normally destroy their professional reputations, can get away with substandard work if it that work relates to Israel.”

(Not sure how you feel about posting links, so I didn’t; this was from Jerusalem Post via Jewish World Review.)