He focuses his analysis on the U.S., where the young generation is far more open to accepting the assessment that Israel is an apartheid state. A recent poll shows that while 25% of Jews overall believe Israel practices apartheid, among those under 40, the rate jumps to 38%. Solomon’s title refers to words uttered by American Jewish Committee (AJC) member Maurice B. Hexter in 1946 – who used the precise words “miasma of Jewish unity” in an attempt to rebuff the assumption that Jewish organizations outside Palestine should submit to unflinching support for the Jewish nation-state in Palestine – the goal of the Zionist movement. We hear of the “one and only Jewish state” when Israel lobby organizations try to defend it from condemnation. Of course, Jews live elsewhere – most of them don’t live in Israel, and about as many as those who live in Israel live in the U.S. (around 7 million).

Source: New York Times June 12, 2023 22:53 UTC