I'm an anti-anti-zionist - Adam Geffen - Open Salon

9.12.11

I'm an anti-anti-zionist - Adam Geffen - Open Salon: I think Le Castor is simply wrong when she writes: "Imagine a Lebanese-American saying the same thing vis-a-vis Lebanon, or a Mexican-American saying the same thing about Mexico. Questions of true allegiance would be immediate." In classes and among friends I have heard people discuss particular election outcomes in the U.S. vis-a-vis Iran, Korea, Japan, and Mexico. None of them had their allegiance questioned. Moreover, historically Jews did, and to this day do, have their allegiance questioned. Most recently Jews were accused of distorting U.S. foreign policy through the "Israel Lobby", as if it could be taken for granted that the foreign policy choices of the authors making the distortion allegations were correct while those produced by the "Israel Lobby" were the distortions. See http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n06/mear01_.html and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crbbNCvngOs and http://www.nybooks.com/articles/article-preview?article_id=19062