Current sectionOpinionShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeI despise Netanyahu's evil government as much as anyone, but the venom toward Israel and Israelis from parts of today's left is wrong, ignorant and harmful11:57 AM • July 19 2026 IDTTwo decades ago, I wrote that the U.S. should stop giving money to Israel, which back then was already a prosperous country. Today, that call is even more justified. Israel is a richer nation than it was 20 years ago, and at the same time, has lost what little conscience it ever had regarding the human rights of Palestinians and others. At this point, there is literally nothing Israel could do in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon or Syria that most Israeli Jews wouldn't support.In the NewsIsrael Deserves Harsh Criticism, Not Blind HatredHigh Court Freezes Implementation of Recently Passed Broadcasting BillKuwait and Bahrain Say Iranian Missile and Drone Attacks InterceptedAs Ground Invasion Looms, U.S. and Iran Want Wild-card Israel Out of the FightIsraeli Communist Activist, Haaretz Journalist Yossef Algazi Dies at 87Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIInside the Mossad Plot to Install Ahmadinejad as Iran's LeaderThe Most Optimistic Israeli in Jerusalem Is Leaving the CountryNetanyahu's Biggest Challenger: Who Is Gadi Eisenkot and What Does He Stand For?103 House Democrats Vote to Cut U.S. Aid to Israel in Landmark Symbolic VoteI Joined Rep. Ro Khanna on His West Bank Visit. Here's What I SawDemocrats Rejected U.S. Aid to Israel, and AIPAC Couldn't Stop Them
Opinion | Israel deserves harsh criticism, not blind hatred
I despise Netanyahu's evil government as much as anyone, but the venom toward Israel and Israelis from parts of today's left is wrong, ignorant and harmful






