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Left-wing Zionists abroad are caught between an Israeli authoritarianism that sees any criticism as betrayal, and a progressive discourse that sometimes denies the legitimacy of collective Jewish existence
The words of U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee, who said it would be "fine" if Israel took the lands from Egypt to the Euphrates River, illustrate how easy it has become for holders of a nationalist-ethnocentric worldview to support Israel, and how hard it is to find international support for the idea of "another Israel," one that strives for peace, justice and recognition of the national rights of both peoples living between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.
