Readers Write: Letter criticizing Israel critic contradicts itself

The Island Now

Response to: “Six-day War is anti-Semitic.”

You start off criticizing the writer’s opinions and then his use of the term “apartheid theocracy defended largely by the recent nation-state law,” but then yourself say, “I too believe the law to run counter to the democratic norms and egalitarian ideals on which Israel was founded, and I also wish Israeli voters did not elect right-wing legislators.”

Why then, are you a member of AIPAC, as you admitted? 

You go on and say that AIPAC “represents a diverse group of Americans who advocate for a strong U.S.-Israel relationship because it is in the best interest of both countries.”  I think “diverse” might really be a stretch, since AIPAC is known as a conservative, right-wing group, hardly diverse.

Fortunately, or unfortunately, we get what/whom we vote for.

Jeanne Klein

Williston Park

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