Israel’s Wrong Friends
Israel has been welcoming some rather peculiar visitors of late: European right-wing populists who tell sympathetic Israeli audiences that their country is on the front line of the Western war against Islam. These are the wrong friends for Israel – and even worse friends for Jews.
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JERUSALEM – Israel has been welcoming some rather peculiar visitors of late. The Dutch populist, Geert Wilders, is a frequent caller, telling sympathetic audiences that Israel is on the front line of the Western war against Islam. And, in December, a delegation of European far-right politicians toured Jewish settlements on the occupied West Bank, pleasing their hosts by reassuring them that this was “Jewish land.”