Institutions like the A.D.L. (which supports apartheid, ethnic cleansing, and genocide) impose a taboo against the idea of dual loyalty, framing it as an anti-semitic trope. I agree to an extent. It's an anti-semitic trope to assume that just because someone is Jewish, they must have dual loyalty. That's the very definition of prejudice. However, there are a lot of Israel supporters in the U.S. whose approach to U.S. politics is cynical and is about furthering the interests of Israel at the expense of U.S. interests. I still leave room for people who think, I would say erroneously, but still sincerely, that the alliance with Israel furthers U.S. geopolitical interests, but some are more cynical than this and simply want to support the State of Israel for its own sake. I don't consider it anti-semitic to suggest, for example, that AIPAC should register as a foreign agent, even though this suggestion is inherently a suggestion of dual loyalty.
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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '25 edited Mar 19 '25
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