Comments on: Wear the label proudly http://www.yourish.com/2009/10/27/9171 Cutting straight to the point Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:14:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Alex Bensky http://www.yourish.com/2009/10/27/9171/comment-page-1#comment-38219 Alex Bensky Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:50:29 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=9171#comment-38219 J Street also opposes sanctions on Iran--not more stringent sanctions, not different sanctions, but sanctions altogether, claiming the time is "not right" for them. I wonder when the right time would be? It endorsed a presentation of Caryl Churchill's obscene little playlet, "Seven Jewish Children," and then said no, they were just trying to open a conversation. Apparently J Street doesn't think there's enough conversation on this and that whether Israel cynically uses the Holocaust to cover its deliberate slaughter of Arab children is a topic worthy of discussion. And so on. J Street may be "pro-Israel" but it's some alternate reality Israel, not the actually existing one. J Street also opposes sanctions on Iran–not more stringent sanctions, not different sanctions, but sanctions altogether, claiming the time is “not right” for them. I wonder when the right time would be?

It endorsed a presentation of Caryl Churchill’s obscene little playlet, “Seven Jewish Children,” and then said no, they were just trying to open a conversation. Apparently J Street doesn’t think there’s enough conversation on this and that whether Israel cynically uses the Holocaust to cover its deliberate slaughter of Arab children is a topic worthy of discussion.

And so on. J Street may be “pro-Israel” but it’s some alternate reality Israel, not the actually existing one.

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