{"id":2831,"date":"2006-04-19T18:32:39","date_gmt":"2006-04-19T22:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2006\/04\/19\/rehumanizing-the-jews\/"},"modified":"2006-04-19T18:32:39","modified_gmt":"2006-04-19T22:32:39","slug":"rehumanizing-the-jews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2006\/04\/19\/rehumanizing-the-jews\/","title":{"rendered":"Rehumanizing the Jews"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n

IN
\n its March 23rd issue the London Review of Books, a respected British
\n journal, published an essay titled "The
\n Israel Lobby<\/a>." The
\n authors are two distinguished American academics (Stephen Walt of Harvard
\n and John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago) who posted a longer
\n (83-page) version of their text<\/a> on the Web site of Harvard’s Kennedy
\n School…<\/p>\n

Is Israel, in Mearsheimer\/Walt’s words, "a liability
\n in the war on terror and the broader effort to deal with rogue states?" <\/p>\n

from a New York Times Op-ed piece<\/a><\/p>\n

Why, because it is the first and foremost victim of that
\n terrorism? That’s like the rest of the country asking if New York City
\n is a liability
\n in the war on terror, because it contains so many attractive targets
\n and so many swarthy foreigners.<\/em><\/p>\n

On the other hand, Israel is undeniably a democracy where
\n fringe parties, dangerous radicals and assorted wackos have a much greater
\n role and influence than in the United States, and could use some sage
\n advice and perspective from her elder sister democracies from time to time.<\/em><\/p>\n

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