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Tribalism and the Zionist BDS debate

04/12/2012 11:27 By DAVID HARRIS-GERSHON

Shared religion shouldn't inhibit Jews from protesting other Jews' actions if they disagree.

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In January, Andrew Adler, the owner and publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times, wrote that Israel should “give the go-ahead for US-based Mossad agents to take out a president deemed unfriendly to Israel.” He saw the tactic as a way to resolve divergent opinions between the two countries on how to deal with Iran.

Adler’s column not only caught the attention of the US Secret Service, but elicited near-universal outrage within the American Jewish community. In the city of Atlanta, that outrage translated into the threat of a de facto boycott of the paper. The Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta decided to “suspend its relationship” with the publication until Adler removed himself from operations, and many patrons threatened to cancel their subscriptions unless immediate action was taken.

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Tribalism and the Zionist BDS debate

Shared religion shouldn't inhibit Jews from protesting other Jews' actions if they disagree.

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