The real story here is the way Zionism has so deeply and intensely and succesffully managed to tie Jewishness to Israel-iness. And so many people who are right

The real story here is the way Zionism has so deeply and intensely and succesffully managed to tie Jewishness to Israel-iness. And so many people who are rightfully proud of their Jewish ethnicity and cultural identification -- a rich and beautiful culture that has had absolutely outsized contributions to art, science, culture in the west, with a history of being persecuted and mistreated by said "west" -- have become defacto "citizens-abroad" and advocates for Israeli positions in all things. That combined with a deep and historical distrust of Islam in western culture... It's the same story here in Canada. How deep the bank account for this blank cheque is, I don't know. I should say that as a left wing critic of what happens in the middle east under Israel's banner, I am also deeply uncomfortable with some of the anti-Semitic tinge some forms of the protest take. It's a conundrum. It is absolutely important to make it clear the criticism is of the actions of Israel, and not "Jews"