Progressive Jews embracing ‘craziest’ ideologies are ‘no longer our friends,’ Israeli scholar says
Gadi Taub, speaking at the National Conservatism Conference in Jerusalem, warned that Israel had already “lost the Left” in the West and was now “also losing the Right.”
Israeli scholar Gadi Taub has harshly criticized progressive Jews living abroad, accusing them of promoting "the craziest progressive ideologies" and asserting that they are no longer friends of the Jewish state. At the National Conservatism conference in Jerusalem, Taub warned that Israel is losing political support from both the Western left and right due to the influence of these progressive Jews.
He specifically called out the problem of progressive Jews abroad promoting immigration, stating that Israel should start calling them out before antisemites do. Taub attributed Israel's loss of support to the left partly to the indoctrination of the left by Edward Said's work, which has been present for the past 40 years. He also warned of a separate challenge from the right, emphasizing that progressive Jews who accept the craziest progressive ideologies are no longer their friends.
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