She absolutely hits it out of the park with this one.
Her observation about settlement of the land of Israel and free speech in America being foundation blocks of these two countries is spot on. Settling the land equals the existence of Israel. Free speech simply is the foundation of America. Neither country can live without these foundational pillars. And that is why the left goes after both of these things, in Israel and America, with such gusto.
It's a MUST READ. I think its one of her most astute essays-and believe me-she has a sterling track record of hit after hit.
"The reason that Islam is supposed to be immune from criticism is that for American leftists as for Israeli leftists, the only important battle is the one against domestic foes. And just as the abysmal results of leftist policies have left the Israeli Left with no choice but to shoot the messengers, so too the American Left must deal with policy failure by silencing the opposition."
"In Israel, leftist appeasement of Palestinian terrorists has led to a horrific death toll and the obvious absence of peace. So the Left must silence those who have the temerity to oppose that failed policy. The Right's most visible members are the religious Zionists, who are disproportionately situated beyond the 1949 armistice lines, and so the Left must destroy them through expulsions, no matter what the cost to Israel."
"In America, the Left's most conspicuous
failure is its claim to promote women's rights, equality and civil
liberties in the culture war, even as it defends the Islamic world's
addiction to female genital mutilation, forced marriages, honor killings
and executions of homosexuals for the "crime" of being gay. So the Left
must silence critics of jihad and Islamism, and hope no one will notice
its hypocrisy."
