Americans are fat, dumb, and secure enough to think the wolf is far from their doors. American liberal Jews feel secure enough to luxuriate in their leftist politics, and are unworried about world events. I think it's shortsighted, but I think I see that's the case.
What I find hard to believe is that Israeli leftists could feel similarly secure; that they could fight over the scraps of domestic Israeli political power while many millions of Arabs would be perfectly happy if their country was over-run in an orgy of blood. Have they no sense of self-preservation?
Have they no sense of self-preservation?