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Peter Beinart presents no evidence that if Israel were to be more in line with the values of American Jews they would suddenly be interested in it.

Peres at AIPAC conference
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In his book-length essay, Peter Beinart, a former editor of The New Republic, launches a scathing attack on the dusty world of pro-Israel American Jewish institutions and on Israel’s policies in the West Bank.

Although he has titled his book The Crisis of Zionism, it would have been more accurate to note that it relates primarily to American Zionism.

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