American Jews’ Support for Israel Is Near Its Breaking Point

American Jews’ Support for Israel Is Near Its Breaking Point

To describe Benjamin Netanyahu’s government as a “nightmare” for liberal American Jews would be to badly understate the case. Its behavior is likely worse than any of us previously could have imagined. Netanyahu and his extremist Cabinet have put Israel in what Rabbi Jill Jacobs told me is “the worst position it’s ever been, morally and ethically.” Even Jacobs, who heads T’ruah, a rabbinic human rights organization, may be understating the case.…