The American Jewish Establishment Is Defending an Israel That No Longer Exists

The American Jewish establishment has long twisted itself in knots rather than directly call out the Israeli government, almost always cushioning even its sharpest objections with caveats and qualifications. But the American Jewish Committee’s recent condemnation of National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir managed to achieve something even more bizarre: It criticized one of Israel’s most inflammatory lawmakers in a manner so willfully detached from reality that it almost bordered on parody.