Despite Fear, NY Times Columnist Says “Israel’s” Policies Narrow Minded, In Form of Suicide
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New York Times columnist and Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman, believes that the policies of the current narrow minded "Israeli" government are narrow minded, and has expressed himself on his NY Times blog. He expressed himself amid fears of bringing himself under intense attack from organized groups that make any criticism of "Israeli" policies tantamount to so-called "anti-Semitism".
On his blog "Conscience of a Liberal", Krugman, commenting about Peter Beinart's controversial book "The Crisis of Zionism" writes "Like many liberal American Jews I basically avoid thinking about where "Israel" is going. It seems obvious from here that the narrow-minded policies of the current government are basically a gradual, long-run form of national suicide - and that's bad for Jews everywhere, not to mention the world."
Krugman's harsh critique of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government is sure to elicit howls of protest from "Israeli" spokespersons and American Jewish organizations - more so, perhaps, as they come on the eve of "Israel's" so-called ‘Independence Day', which is in fact the memory of the Nakba (catastrophe) in which hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were expelled from their homeland.
According to "Israeli" daily Haaretz, Krugman's comments will inflame the relationship between the "Israeli" government and the New York Times, considered by many to be the most important newspaper in the world.
Krugman, one of the world's most leading economic columnists, won the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences (informally the Nobel Prize in Economics) in 2008 for his contributions to the theories of free trade.
Krugman, noting that he has refrained from commenting on "Israel" out of fear of the potential Jewish reaction, also wrote in the blog comment "I have other battles to fight, and to say anything to that effect [that the "Israeli" government is leading to national suicide] is to bring yourself under intense attack from organized groups that make any criticism of "Israeli" policies tantamount to "anti-Semitism"."
Source: NY Times, edited by moqawama.org
New York Times columnist and Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman, believes that the policies of the current narrow minded "Israeli" government are narrow minded, and has expressed himself on his NY Times blog. He expressed himself amid fears of bringing himself under intense attack from organized groups that make any criticism of "Israeli" policies tantamount to so-called "anti-Semitism".
On his blog "Conscience of a Liberal", Krugman, commenting about Peter Beinart's controversial book "The Crisis of Zionism" writes "Like many liberal American Jews I basically avoid thinking about where "Israel" is going. It seems obvious from here that the narrow-minded policies of the current government are basically a gradual, long-run form of national suicide - and that's bad for Jews everywhere, not to mention the world."Krugman's harsh critique of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government is sure to elicit howls of protest from "Israeli" spokespersons and American Jewish organizations - more so, perhaps, as they come on the eve of "Israel's" so-called ‘Independence Day', which is in fact the memory of the Nakba (catastrophe) in which hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were expelled from their homeland.
According to "Israeli" daily Haaretz, Krugman's comments will inflame the relationship between the "Israeli" government and the New York Times, considered by many to be the most important newspaper in the world.
Krugman, one of the world's most leading economic columnists, won the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences (informally the Nobel Prize in Economics) in 2008 for his contributions to the theories of free trade.
Krugman, noting that he has refrained from commenting on "Israel" out of fear of the potential Jewish reaction, also wrote in the blog comment "I have other battles to fight, and to say anything to that effect [that the "Israeli" government is leading to national suicide] is to bring yourself under intense attack from organized groups that make any criticism of "Israeli" policies tantamount to "anti-Semitism"."
Source: NY Times, edited by moqawama.org
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