1948 -78: US mainstream Jewish criticism of Israel
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A new book outlines the significant levels of Jewish criticism of Israel in the US from the time of the Nakba, founding of the State of Israel up to 1978. Of particular concern was the treatment of Palestinians. This is a fascinating interview with author Geoffrey Levin about his new book.
Of the American Jewish Committee, considered by Israelis as “the single most politically influential Jewish group in the United Sates in the 1950s”, Levin says:
“What readers may not realize, and is a key theme in the book, is that the AJC, like the American Jewish community itself, wasn’t always the pro-Israel juggernaut we know today, but has a much more complicated relationship with Israel. It may not be apparent now, but the Jewish mainstream at this time was still conflicted about supporting a Jewish state, for a variety of reasons.”
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This article was originally published by Jewish Telegraph Agency on Sun 28 Jan 2024. Read the original here.
When ‘nice Jewish boys and girls’ first took up the cause of Palestinian rights
In his new book, “Our Palestine Question: Israel and American Jewish Dissent, 1948-1978,” Geoffrey Levin writes about an early, formative era when American Jewish leaders disagreed with the Israeli government over the fate of the 750,000 Palestinians displaced by Israel’s war for independence.
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